Where does “abri” come from?
abri (English) comes from French abri, from Middle French abri, from Old French abri, from Old French abrier, from Latin apricāre, from Latin aprīcor, from Latin apricus, from Latin aperīcus — -y, -ic.
abri (English): a shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on...
Definitions
- a shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on...
Ancestry of “abri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abri | a shelter or refuge against the elements or... |
| 2 | Middle French | abri | — |
| 3 | Old French | abri | shelter |
| 4 | Old French | abrier | to shelter; to take shelter; to shelter oneself |
| 5 | Latin | apricāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | aprīcor | to bask in the sun, sunbathe |
| 7 | Latin | apricus | sunny, having lots of sunshine, warmed by the... |
| 8 | Latin | aperīcus | — |
| 9 | Latin | -cus | suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -kos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |