Where does “primevère” come from?

primevère (French) comes from Latin prima, from Latin primus, from Latin prismos, from Latin prisemos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

primevère (French): primrose

Definitions

  1. primrose

Ancestry of “primevère”, step by step

primevère traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin prima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprimanominative feminine singular of prīmus; vocative...
2Latinprimusfirst
3Latinprismos—
4Latinprisemos—
5Proto-Italicpriisemosforemost, first
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Latin ver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinverspring
2Latinveror—
3Proto-Italicwezorspring
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwósr̥spring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Italic priisemos →