Where does “implore” come from?
implore (French) comes from French implorer, from Latin imploro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
implore (French): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “implore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | implorer | to beg, to plead, to implore |
| 2 | Latin | imploro | I implore, entreat, beseech; I appeal to; I pray... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |