Where does “au revoir” come from?
au revoir (French) comes from French revoir, from Latin revidēre, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
au revoir (French): goodbye
Definitions
- goodbye
Ancestry of “au revoir”, step by step
au revoir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French revoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | revoir | to see again; to re-examine |
| 2 | Latin | revidēre | — |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French au
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | au | — |