Where does “recouvrable” come from?
recouvrable (French) comes from French recouvrer, from Middle French recouvrer, from Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperō, from Latin recipero, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
recouvrable (French): recoverable
Definitions
- recoverable
Ancestry of “recouvrable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | recouvrer | to recover |
| 2 | Middle French | recouvrer | to recover |
| 3 | Old French | recovrer | to recover; to reobtain |
| 4 | Latin | recuperō | — |
| 5 | Latin | recipero | I get again, regain, recover; I revive, restore |
| 6 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |