valise

Signification (Anglais)

case, suitcase

Concepts

valise

malle

portemanteau

caisse

coffre

bagage

valoche

boîte

poignée

sac

mot-valise

mallette

bagages

baggage

effets

Genre

♀️ Féminin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/va.liz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Middle French valise, from Medieval Latin valesia, valixia, from Late Latin valisia, possibly from Gaulish *valisia (“leather bag”), from Proto-Celtic *val- (“to enclose, surround”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Or, possibly from Arabic وَلِيهَة (walīha, “large bag”).
Maybe a borrowing through Italian valigia, even though this is dubious. Compare Spanish valija.