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Where does “appareil” come from?

appareil (French) comes from French appareiller, from Middle French appareiller, from Old French apareillier, from Vulgar Latin appariclare, from Latin apparō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

appareil (French): apparatus; aircraft; camera

Definitions

  1. apparatus; aircraft; camera

Ancestry of “appareil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchappareillerto join or mix together; to mate animals for...
2Middle Frenchappareillerto equip; to ready
3Old Frenchapareillierto arm or tool oneself; to tool; to equip; to...
4Vulgar Latinappariclare—
5Latinapparō—
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 “appareil”

  • parrel
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