Where does “rendez-vous” come from?
rendez-vous (French) comes from French rendre, from Middle French rendre, from Old French rendre, from Latin rendō, from Latin reddō, from Latin dō, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti — to give.
rendez-vous (French): date; rendezvous; appointment
Definitions
- date; rendezvous; appointment
Ancestry of “rendez-vous”, step by step
rendez-vous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French rendre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rendre | to render; to make; to give back; to return |
| 2 | Middle French | rendre | — |
| 3 | Old French | rendre | to give back; to return |
| 4 | Latin | rendō | — |
| 5 | Latin | reddō | to give back, return, restore |
| 6 | Latin | dō | to give |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |