Where does “appetiser” come from?

appetiser (English) comes from English appetizer, from English appetize, from English appetizing, from French appétissant, from French appétit, from Middle French appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus — in.

appetiser (English): Alternative spelling of appetizer

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of appetizer

Ancestry of “appetiser”, step by step

appetiser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English appetizer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishappetizerA small, light, and usually savory first course...
2EnglishappetizeTo whet the appetite
3EnglishappetizingThat appeals to, or stimulates the appetite;...
4Frenchappétissantappetizing
5Frenchappétitappetite
6Middle Frenchappetitappetite; appetite; want; desire; longing
7Old Frenchapetitappetite
8Latinappetitusan attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;...
9Latinappetōto strive for, reach after (something), try to get
10Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English appetise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishappetiseTo whet the appetite
2EnglishappetisingAlternative spelling of appetizing; present...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én