Where does “réclame” come from?

réclame (French) comes from French réclamer, from Old French reclamer, from Latin reclāmō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

réclame (French): a small, commercial advertisement, originally in...

Definitions

  1. a small, commercial advertisement, originally in...

Ancestry of “réclame”, step by step

réclame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French réclamer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchréclamerto protest; to object; to claim, reclaim
2Old Frenchreclamerto implore; to shout to
3Latinreclāmōto cry out, exclaim, protest or shout against, contradict loudly
4Latinrĕ-back, backwards
5Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
6Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
7Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German Reklame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReklameadvertisement

Words derived from “réclame”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →