Where does “apercevoir” come from?
apercevoir (French) comes from Old French apercevoir, from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.
apercevoir (French): to see, to glimpse, to catch sight of; to...
Definitions
- to see, to glimpse, to catch sight of; to...
Ancestry of “apercevoir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | apercevoir | to notice; to realise; to become aware of |
| 2 | Old French | percevoir | to notice; to become aware |
| 3 | Latin | percipiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |
Words derived from “apercevoir”