Where does “après” come from?
après (French) comes from French demain, from Old French demain, from Latin de māne, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
après (French): after; afterwards; in the middle of, in the...
Definitions
- after; afterwards; in the middle of, in the...
Ancestry of “après”, step by step
après traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French demain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | demain | tomorrow |
| 2 | Old French | demain | tomorrow |
| 3 | Latin | de māne | early in the morning |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Middle French aprés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | aprés | after |
| 2 | Old French | aprés | after; afterwards |
| 3 | Latin | ad pressum | near |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |