Where does “prêcher” come from?
prêcher (French) comes from Old French prëechier, from Latin praedicō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
prêcher (French): to preach; to advocate moral values, political...
Definitions
- to preach; to advocate moral values, political...
Ancestry of “prêcher”, step by step
prêcher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French prëechier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | prëechier | — |
| 2 | Latin | praedicō | to proclaim, declare publicly |
| 3 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |