Where does “promenade” come from?
promenade (Dutch) comes from French promenade, from French promener, from Middle French pourmener, from Old French pormener, from Old French por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus — to fit, to fix, to put together.
promenade (Dutch): promenade
Definitions
- promenade
Ancestry of “promenade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | promenade | walk; stroll |
| 2 | French | promener | to walk (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll |
| 3 | Middle French | pourmener | to walk |
| 4 | Old French | pormener | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | por | for |
| 6 | Late Latin | pōr | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō | for |
| 8 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 9 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |