Where does “fiance” come from?
Fiancé comes from French fiancé, the past participle of French fiancer, derived from the French verb suffix -er and Latin -are, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰidʰ-.
fiance (English): A man who is engaged to be married; A person...
Definitions
- A man who is engaged to be married; A person...
Ancestry of “fiance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fiancé | engaged; fiancé; past participle of fiancer |
| 2 | French | fiancer | to get engaged |
| 3 | Italian | fidanzare | to affiance, to promise, to betroth; to assure |
| 4 | Italian | fidanza | trust, faith; safe-conduct; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | fidare | to entrust something to someone; see affidare; to... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | fidare | — |
| 7 | Latin | fīdō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | feiðō | to trust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéydʰeti | to trust |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeydʰ- | to compel, force; to trust |