Where does “pourboire” come from?
pourboire (French) comes from French pour, from French cent, from English cent, from Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.
pourboire (French): tip
Definitions
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Ancestry of “pourboire”, step by step
pourboire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pour | for; to |
| 2 | French | cent | hundred; cent |
| 3 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 4 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 5 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 6 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 7 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via French boire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | boire | to drink |
| 2 | Middle French | boire | to drink |
| 3 | Old French | boivre | to drink; a drink |
| 4 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | bibō | to drink |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |