Where does “récupérer” come from?
récupérer (French) comes from Latin recuperō, from Latin recipero, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
récupérer (French): to get back, to recover, to recuperate; to...
Definitions
- to get back, to recover, to recuperate; to...
Ancestry of “récupérer”, step by step
récupérer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin recuperō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | recuperō | — |
| 2 | Latin | recipero | I get again, regain, recover; I revive, restore |
| 3 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 4 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Latin recuperāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | recuperāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | reciperāre | — |