Where does “heureusement” come from?
heureusement (French) comes from French heureux, from French heur, from Old French eür, from Latin augurium, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-.
heureusement (French): luckily, fortunately; happily; API !
Definitions
- luckily, fortunately; happily; API !
Ancestry of “heureusement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | heureux | happy; glad; lucky, fortunate |
| 2 | French | heur | chance; fortune |
| 3 | Old French | eür | Alternative form of eur |
| 4 | Latin | augurium | augury; divination, prediction; omen, portent |
| 5 | Latin | augur | augur |
| 6 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |