Where does “d'où” come from?
d'où (French) comes from French dé, from Middle French de, from Old French dé, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
d'où (French): from where; whence; from which place or source;...
Definitions
- from where; whence; from which place or source;...
Ancestry of “d'où”, step by step
d'où traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French dé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dé | die; diced slice; thimble |
| 2 | Middle French | de | of; from |
| 3 | Old French | dé | die |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via French où
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | où | where; At that time; when; whither |
| 2 | Middle French | où | where |
| 3 | Latin | aut | or |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *auti | either, or |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewti | on the other hand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |