Where does “rapport” come from?
Rapport comes from French rapport, from French rapporter meaning to bring back, formed with the prefix re- from Latin re- and ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European ád meaning toward.
rapport (English): A relationship of mutual trust and respect. A...
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- A relationship of mutual trust and respect. A...
Ancestry of “rapport”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rapport | ratio; report; relationship |
| 2 | French | rapporter | To bring back; To retrieve; To fetch |
| 3 | French | apporter | to bring (something) |
| 4 | Latin | apportō | to bring, carry, conduct or convey to; import |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |