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Where does “comparaître” come from?

comparaître (French) comes from Old French comparoir, from Latin comparere — second-person singular present passive...

comparaître (French): to appear before a judge or government official

Definitions

  1. to appear before a judge or government official

Ancestry of “comparaître”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcomparoir—
2Latincompareresecond-person singular present passive...
Every word from Latin comparere →