Where does “prévenir” come from?

prévenir (French) comes from Latin praeveniō, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

prévenir (French): prevent; notify, warn

Definitions

  1. prevent; notify, warn

Ancestry of “prévenir”, step by step

prévenir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin praeveniō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpraeveniōto anticipate
2Latinveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach
3Proto-Italicgʷenjōto come
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥yétito come
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

via Latin praevenīre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpraevenīre—

Words derived from “prévenir”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti →