Where does “autour” come from?
autour (French) comes from Old French ostur, from Latin auceptor, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
autour (French): around; around, about; goshawk
Definitions
- around; around, about; goshawk
Ancestry of “autour”, step by step
autour traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French ostur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | ostur | goshawk |
| 2 | Latin | auceptor | — |
| 3 | Latin | accipiter | hawk, merlin; a rapacious man |
| 4 | Latin | accipio | to receive, accept, take |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French tour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tour | tower; rook; apartment building |
| 2 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via French au
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | au | — |