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Where does “sentier” come from?

sentier (French) comes from Old French sentier, from Late Latin sēmitārius, from Latin sēmita, from Proto-Italic sēmitā, from Proto-Indo-European swé(d).

sentier (French): path; pathway

Definitions

  1. path; pathway

Ancestry of “sentier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsentierpath; pathway
2Late Latinsēmitārius—
3Latinsēmita—
4Proto-Italicsēmitā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswé(d)—
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