Where does “préparatif” come from?
préparatif (French) comes from French préparer, from Middle French preparer, from Latin praeparāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg- — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
préparatif (French): preparation
Definitions
- preparation
Ancestry of “préparatif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | préparer | to prepare; to prepare for |
| 2 | Middle French | preparer | to prepare |
| 3 | Latin | praeparāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 6 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 9 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |