Where does “faux souvenir” come from?
faux souvenir (French) comes from French souvenir, from Middle French soubvenir, from Old French sovenir, from Latin subveniō, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
faux souvenir (French): false memory
Definitions
- false memory
Ancestry of “faux souvenir”, step by step
faux souvenir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French souvenir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | souvenir | to remember; memory; souvenir |
| 2 | Middle French | soubvenir | to remember |
| 3 | Old French | sovenir | to remember; to recall |
| 4 | Latin | subveniō | to support, assist, come to the aid of, rescue |
| 5 | Latin | veniō | to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | to come |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French faux
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | faux | false; untrue; false; not real; badly;... |
| 2 | Middle French | faux | Alternative form of faulx |
| 3 | Middle French | faulx | false; untrue; false; pretentious; scythe |
| 4 | Old French | fauz | scythe |
| 5 | Latin | falx | sickle, scythe; a hook used to pull down walls |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰelg- | a cutting tool; to stick; needle, pin |