Where does “arrière-pensée” come from?
arrière-pensée (French) comes from French arrière-, from French arrière, from Old French ariere, from Vulgar Latin ad retro, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
arrière-pensée (French): ulterior motive; doubt, reservation
Definitions
- ulterior motive; doubt, reservation
Ancestry of “arrière-pensée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | arrière- | Forms nouns from the adverb usage of arrière |
| 2 | French | arrière | back; rear; fullback; shooting guard |
| 3 | Old French | ariere | Alternative form of arire |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | ad retro | to the rear |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |