Where does “comment sont les zaricos” come from?

comment sont les zaricos (French) comes from French comment, from Old French coment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

comment sont les zaricos (French): how are the snap beans?

Definitions

  1. how are the snap beans?

Ancestry of “comment sont les zaricos”, step by step

comment sont les zaricos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French comment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcommenthow
2Old Frenchcomentcommentary
3Old French-mentUsed to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...
4Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
5Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via French sont

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsontthird-person plural present indicative of être;...

Words derived from “comment sont les zaricos

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Old French -ment