Where does “pourtant” come from?
pourtant (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.
pourtant (French): however, yet
Definitions
- however, yet
Ancestry of “pourtant”, step by step
pourtant 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 tant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tant | so much; so many |
| 2 | Old French | tant | so much, so many; so much; such |
| 3 | Latin | tantus | of such size, of such measure; so much, so great |
| 4 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |