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.
Ancestry of “bon appétit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “bon appétit”