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Where does “abri” come from?

abri (French) comes from Middle French abri, from Old French abri, from Old French abrier, from Latin apricāre, from Latin aprīcor, from Latin apricus, from Latin aperīcus, from Latin -cus — -y, -ic.

abri (French): a shelter or refuge against the elements or...

Definitions

  1. a shelter or refuge against the elements or...

Ancestry of “abri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchabri—
2Old Frenchabrishelter
3Old Frenchabrierto shelter; to take shelter; to shelter oneself
4Latinapricāre—
5Latinaprīcor—
6Latinapricussunny, having lots of sunshine, warmed by the...
7Latinaperīcus—
8Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
9Proto-Italic-kos—
10Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “abri”

  • abri
  • abribus
  • abri
  • αμπρί
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