Where does “bon appétit” come from?
bon appétit (French) comes from French appétit, from Middle French appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
bon appétit (French): bon appétit, enjoy your meal
Definitions
- bon appétit, enjoy your meal
Ancestry of “bon appétit”, step by step
bon appétit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French appétit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | appétit | appetite |
| 2 | Middle French | appetit | appetite; appetite; want; desire; longing |
| 3 | Old French | apetit | appetite |
| 4 | Latin | appetitus | an attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;... |
| 5 | Latin | appetō | to strive for, reach after (something), try to get |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French bon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bon | good; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot |
| 2 | Middle French | bon | good |
| 3 | Old French | bon | good |
| 4 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 5 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |