Where does “approcher” come from?

approcher (French) comes from Old French aprochier, from Latin approprio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

approcher (French): to approach, to come close to, to move towards

Definitions

  1. to approach, to come close to, to move towards

Ancestry of “approcher”, step by step

approcher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French aprochier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaprochierto approach
2LatinapproprioI make it my own, appropriate
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Late Latin appropiare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinappropiarepresent active infinitive of appropiō;...

Words derived from “approcher

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