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Where does “envahissement” come from?

envahissement (French) comes from French envahir, from Old French envaïr, from Vulgar Latin invadire, from Latin invado, from Latin vādō, from Latin vadere, from Latin vado, from Proto-Italic wāðō — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

envahissement (French): invasion; encroachment

Definitions

  1. invasion; encroachment

Ancestry of “envahissement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenvahirto invade; to stretch, to overgrow, to fill
2Old FrenchenvaïrAlternative form of envair
3Vulgar Latininvadire—
4LatininvadoI enter; I invade
5Latinvādō—
6Latinvaderesecond-person singular present passive...
7LatinvadoI go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through
8Proto-Italicwāðōadvance, proceed, go
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse
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