verb/va.lwaʁ/
to be worth; to earn, to win, to bring (something of value, ironic usage notwithstanding); to be equal to; to be the same, to have no difference between
“Selon leur mère, une femme vaut deux hommes.” — According to their mother, a woman is worth two men.
Inherited from Middle French valoir, from Old French valoir, valeir, from Latin valēre, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).