Where does “soif” come from?

soif (French) comes from Old French soif, from Old French seif, from Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

soif (French): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “soif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsoifthirst
2Old Frenchseifthirst
3Latinsitisthirst; second-person plural present active...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

Words derived from “soif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis →Every word from Latin sitis →
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