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
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 | — |
| 4 | Latin | eō | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “périr”