Where does “société” come from?
société (French) comes from Middle French societé, from Old French societé, from Latin societās, from Latin socius, from Ancient Greek πάθος, from Ancient Greek πάσχω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.
société (French): society; company
Definitions
- society; company
Ancestry of “société”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | societé | society |
| 2 | Old French | societé | society; association; council; group; society;... |
| 3 | Latin | societās | society, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity a union for a common purpose |
| 4 | Latin | socius | sharing, joining in, partaking, associated;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πάθος | pain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πάσχω | to undergo, experience; have someone do something... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |