Where does “répéter” come from?
répéter (French) comes from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
répéter (French): to repeat; to repeat oneself
Definitions
- to repeat; to repeat oneself
Ancestry of “répéter”, step by step
répéter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French repeter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | repeter | to repeat; to say multiple times |
| 2 | Latin | repetō | to attack again; to go back to |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Latin repetere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | repetere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | repeto | I attack again; I recommence, resume, renew or... |
| 3 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |