Where does “reperdre” come from?
reperdre (French) comes from French perdre, from Middle French perdre, from Old French perdre, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
reperdre (French): to relose
Definitions
- to relose
Ancestry of “reperdre”, step by step
reperdre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French perdre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | perdre | to lose; to get lost |
| 2 | Middle French | perdre | to lose |
| 3 | Old French | perdre | to lose |
| 4 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 5 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 7 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via French ré
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ré | re, the note 'D' |