Where does “aperçu” come from?
aperçu (French) comes from French apercevoir, from Old French apercevoir, from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
aperçu (French): glance, glimpse; insight, hint; rough estimate
Definitions
- glance, glimpse; insight, hint; rough estimate
Ancestry of “aperçu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | apercevoir | to see, to glimpse, to catch sight of; to... |
| 2 | Old French | apercevoir | to notice; to realise; to become aware of |
| 3 | Old French | percevoir | to notice; to become aware |
| 4 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |