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Where does “apparaître” come from?

apparaître (French) comes from Italian apparire, from English appear, from Middle English apperen, from Old French aparoir, from Latin appāreō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

apparaître (French): to appear; to spawn

Definitions

  1. to appear; to spawn

Ancestry of “apparaître”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianapparireto appear; to seem, to look; to grow
2EnglishappearTo come or be in sight; to be in view; to become...
3Middle Englishapperen—
4Old Frenchaparoirto appear
5Latinappāreō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “apparaître”

  • comparaître
  • réapparaître
  • reaperi
  • malapero
  • malaperigi
  • aperi
  • aperigi
  • apero
  • malaperi
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