Where does “appétif” come from?

appétif (French) comes from French appéter, from Latin appetere, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

appétif (French): desirable

Definitions

  1. desirable

Ancestry of “appétif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchappéterTo desire
2Latinappeteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinAdtoward, to
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →