Where does “agréable” come from?
agréable (French) comes from French agréer, from Middle French agreer, from Anglo-Norman agreier, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.
agréable (French): pleasurable, nice, pleasant, agreeable
Definitions
- pleasurable, nice, pleasant, agreeable
Ancestry of “agréable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | agréer | to accept; to prepare; rig; trim |
| 2 | Middle French | agreer | to equip; to rig, equip; to accept, receive,... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | agreier | to equip, equip a ship with tackle |
| 4 | Old French | a- | indicating movement towards something;... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | ad |