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Where does “imprévument” come from?

imprévument (French) comes from French imprévu, from French in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

imprévument (French): unexpectedly, unforeseenly

Definitions

  1. unexpectedly, unforeseenly

Ancestry of “imprévument”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimprévuunforeseen, unexpected; unforeseen event
2Frenchin-in-; un-
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →