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Where does “recenseur” come from?

recenseur (French) comes from French recenser, from Latin recēnseō, 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.

recenseur (French): census taker, enumerator

Definitions

  1. census taker, enumerator

Ancestry of “recenseur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrecenserto count; to census, to take a census; to...
2Latinrecēnseō—
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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