valve
valv · noun
Origin
Valve comes from Middle English valve, borrowed from Latin valva, meaning "double door" or "leaf of a door."
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Journey
The word passed from Latin into Middle English carrying its "door" sense along with it.
Related words
Valve is a doublet of valva, meaning they both descend from the same Latin word but entered English through different paths.
More words
From Latin