Where does “bon appétit” come from?
bon appétit (English) comes from French bon appétit, from French appétit, from Middle French appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
Ancestry of “bon appétit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bon appétit | — |
| 2 | French | appétit | appetite |
| 3 | Middle French | appetit | appetite; appetite; want; desire; longing |
| 4 | Old French | apetit | appetite |
| 5 | Latin | appetitus | an attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;... |
| 6 | Latin | appetō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |