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Where does “appétence” come from?

appétence (French) comes from Latin appetentia, from Latin appetens, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

appétence (French): appetence

Definitions

  1. appetence

Ancestry of “appétence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappetentiaa longing after something; appetite; nominative...
2Latinappetensstriving for; assaulting, assailing; approaching
3Latinappetō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “appétence”

  • inappetence
  • appetence
  • inappétence
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →