Where does “auparavant” come from?
auparavant (French) comes from French part, from Latin partus, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
auparavant (French): beforehand, previously
Definitions
- beforehand, previously
Ancestry of “auparavant”, step by step
auparavant traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French part
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | part | share; portion, part, slice; proportion |
| 2 | Latin | partus | born, given birth to, having been born; gained,... |
| 3 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French avant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 2 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via French au
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | au | — |