Where does “catégorie” come from?
catégorie (French) comes from German Kategorie, from Italian categoria, from Spanish categoría, from Portuguese categoria, from Late Latin categoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία, from Ancient Greek κατηγορέω, from Ancient Greek -έω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
catégorie (French): category
Ancestry of “catégorie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Kategorie | category |
| 2 | Italian | categoria | category, topic; class |
| 3 | Spanish | categoría | category; standing, regard |
| 4 | Portuguese | categoria | category |
| 5 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
Words derived from “catégorie”