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Where does “abandonnement” come from?

abandonnement (French) comes from French abandonné, from French abandonner, from Italian abbandonare, from Old French abandoner, from Old French bandon, from Latin bannum, from Frankish ban, from Proto-Germanic bannaną.

abandonnement (French): The act of giving up or surrendering when faced...

Definitions

  1. The act of giving up or surrendering when faced...

Ancestry of “abandonnement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabandonnépast participle of abandonner; given up,...
2Frenchabandonnerto give up; to abandon, forsake
3Italianabbandonareto abandon; to give up on, to abandon; to give...
4Old Frenchabandonerto abandon
5Old Frenchbandonjurisdiction
6LatinbannumAlternative form of bannus; accusative singular...
7Frankishban—
8Proto-Germanicbannanąto proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

Words derived from “abandonnement”

  • abandonment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →