Where does “rendezvous” come from?
Rendezvous comes from French rendez-vous, from French rendre and Old French rendre, from Vulgar Latin rendere and Latin reddere meaning "to give back," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wert-.
rendezvous (English): A meeting or date; An agreement to meet at a...
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- A meeting or date; An agreement to meet at a...
Ancestry of “rendezvous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rendez-vous | date; rendezvous; appointment |
| 2 | French | rendre | to render; to make; to give back; to return |
| 3 | Middle French | rendre | — |
| 4 | Old French | rendre | to give back; to return |
| 5 | Latin | rendō | — |
| 6 | Latin | reddō | to give back, return, restore |
| 7 | Latin | dō | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |