Where does “périr” come from?
périr (French) comes from Middle French perir, from Old French perir, from Latin pereō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
périr (French): to perish
Definitions
- to perish
Ancestry of “périr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | perir | — |
| 2 | Old French | perir | to die; to perish |
| 3 | Latin | pereō | to perish, pass away, die, be ruined |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |