Where does “représenter” come from?

représenter (French) comes from Old French représenter, from Latin repraesento, 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.

représenter (French): to represent; to represent; to re-present; to...

Definitions

  1. to represent; to represent; to re-present; to...

Ancestry of “représenter”, step by step

représenter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French représenter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchreprésenter—
2LatinrepraesentoI represent, depict; I display, exhibit or show
3Latinrĕ-back, backwards
4Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
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

via Latin repraesentāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrepraesentāre—

Words derived from “représenter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →