Where does “aperçu” come from?
aperçu (English) comes from French aperçu, from French apercevoir, from Old French apercevoir, from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
aperçu (English): A clever insight; A summary or outline; words...
Definitions
- A clever insight; A summary or outline; words...
Ancestry of “aperçu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aperçu | glance, glimpse; insight, hint; rough estimate |
| 2 | French | apercevoir | to see, to glimpse, to catch sight of; to... |
| 3 | Old French | apercevoir | to notice; to realise; to become aware of |
| 4 | Old French | percevoir | to notice; to become aware |
| 5 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 6 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 7 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 8 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |