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Where does “insuccès” come from?

insuccès (French) comes from French succès, from Middle French succes, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

insuccès (French): failure

Definitions

  1. failure

Ancestry of “insuccès”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsuccèssuccess; achievement
2Middle Frenchsuccessuccess
3Latinsuccessuscourse, flow , approach, outcome, success;...
4Latinsuccēdere—
5Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
6Proto-Italicsupo—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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