Where does “renouer” come from?

renouer (French) comes from French nouer, from Middle French nouer, from Old French noer, from Vulgar Latin notare, from Latin natō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

renouer (French): to tie in a knot again; to pick up on; to...

Definitions

  1. to tie in a knot again; to pick up on; to...

Ancestry of “renouer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnouerknot; tie, bind, fasten; tie up
2Middle Frenchnouerto knot
3Old Frenchnoerto swim; to knot
4Vulgar Latinnotarepresent active infinitive of notō; second-person...
5Latinnatōto swim or float
6Latin-tōForms here
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō