Where does “appris” come from?
appris (French) comes from Middle French apprendre, from Old French aprendre, from Latin apprendere, from Latin apprehendere, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂- — passed , crossed.
appris (French): past participle of apprendre; masculine plural of...
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- past participle of apprendre; masculine plural of...
Ancestry of “appris”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | apprendre | to learn |
| 2 | Old French | aprendre | to learn; to teach; to educate |
| 3 | Latin | apprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | apprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | prehendō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “appris”