Where does “abêtifier” come from?
abêtifier (French) comes from French a-, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.
abêtifier (French): to make dumb, stupid; to become dumb, stupid
Definitions
- to make dumb, stupid; to become dumb, stupid
Ancestry of “abêtifier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | a- | A prefix forming words, especially verbs, that... |
| 2 | Old French | a- | indicating movement towards something;... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | ad |