Where does “de rigueur” come from?
de rigueur (English) comes from French de rigueur, from French dé, from Middle French de, from Old French dé, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
de rigueur (English): Necessary according to etiquette, protocol or...
Definitions
- Necessary according to etiquette, protocol or...
Ancestry of “de rigueur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | de rigueur | absolutely necessary |
| 2 | French | dé | die; diced slice; thimble |
| 3 | Middle French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Old French | dé | die |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |