Where does “appetence” come from?
appetence (English) comes from French appétence, from Latin appetentia, from Latin appetens, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
appetence (English): The state or action of desiring or craving
Definitions
- The state or action of desiring or craving
Ancestry of “appetence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | appétence | appetence |
| 2 | Latin | appetentia | a longing after something; appetite; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | appetens | striving for; assaulting, assailing; approaching |
| 4 | Latin | appetō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “appetence”