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Where does “parcourir” come from?

parcourir (French) comes from French courir, from Latin percurrere, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

parcourir (French): to go through, to pass through; to read through,...

Definitions

  1. to go through, to pass through; to read through,...

Ancestry of “parcourir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcourirto run; to go
2Latinpercurreresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
4LatinAd—
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “parcourir”

  • parcurge
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