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Where does “promettre” come from?

promettre (French) comes from Old French prometre, from Latin prōmittere.

promettre (French): to promise; to be promising, to be hopeful

Definitions

  1. to promise; to be promising, to be hopeful

Ancestry of “promettre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchprometreto promise
2Latinprōmittere—

Words derived from “promettre”

  • prometteur
  • promite
  • pwomèt
Every word from Latin prōmittere →