Where does “appliqué” come from?
Appliqué comes from French appliqué, the past participle of French appliquer, from Latin applicare, meaning to attach or join to, derived from Latin ad- (toward) and the root Latin pel- (to drive or move).
appliqué (English): Alternative spelling of applique; Of a red blood...
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of applique; Of a red blood...
Ancestry of “appliqué”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | appliqué | past participle of appliquer |
| 2 | French | appliquer | to apply, to put something on something else; to... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |