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English word wall comes from Proto-Indo-European *welʷ-, and later Latin vallus (Palisade. Stake, pole.)
*welʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to turn, wind, roll
vallus (Latin)
Palisade. Stake, pole.
vallum (Latin)
Wall, rampart, entrenchment.
*wallô (Proto-Germanic)
weall (Old English)
Boiled or mulled wine Fervour; uproar.
wall (Middle English)
wall (English)
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