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Where does “admirer” come from?

admirer (French) comes from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

admirer (French): to admire

Definitions

  1. to admire

Ancestry of “admirer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchadmirer—
2Latinadmīror—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “admirer”

  • admirateur
  • admire
  • entradmirer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →