Where does “apprêt” come from?
apprêt (French) comes from French apprêter, from Old French aprester, from Old French prest, from Latin pressus, from Latin premere, from Latin premo, from Proto-Indo-European pres-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
apprêt (French): priming; primer
Ancestry of “apprêt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | apprêter | to prepare, to get ready, prime; to prepare... |
| 2 | Old French | aprester | to prepare; to get ready |
| 3 | Old French | prest | loan; monetary gift |
| 4 | Latin | pressus | pressed, having been pressed, squeezed;... |
| 5 | Latin | premere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | premo | I press; I pursue |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |