Where does “préambule” come from?
préambule (French) comes from Old French preambule, from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from Latin praeambulus, from Latin praeambulo, from Latin ambulō, from Latin ambi-, from Latin ambō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi — on, onto.
préambule (French): preamble; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- preamble; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “préambule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | preambule | preamble |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | praeambulum | preamble, preface |
| 3 | Latin | praeambulus | preceding; preparatory; forerunner |
| 4 | Latin | praeambulo | I walk before |
| 5 | Latin | ambulō | to traverse, travel |
| 6 | Latin | ambi- | around, about |
| 7 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |