Where does “parterre” come from?
parterre (French) comes from French par, from Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
parterre (French): part of a garden that is divided into flowerbeds;...
Definitions
- part of a garden that is divided into flowerbeds;...
Ancestry of “parterre”, step by step
parterre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French par
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | par | through; by; over |
| 2 | Middle French | par | by |
| 3 | Old French | par | by; via; because of; due to; by |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via French terre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | terre | earth; soil; land, property; first-person... |
| 2 | French | terrer | to spread with soil; to crouch down, flatten... |
| 3 | French | Terre | Earth; the Earth |
| 4 | Middle French | terre | earth; soil; land, property |
| 5 | Old French | terre | earth; soil; land, property |
| 6 | Latin | Terra | Terra goddess of the Earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |