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Where does “subite” come from?

subite (French) comes from French subit, from Latin subitus, from Latin subeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

subite (French): feminine singular of subit

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of subit

Ancestry of “subite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsubitsudden; third-person singular present indicative...
2Latinsubitusapproached; succeeded; occurred
3LatinsubeoI go under, come under; enter; I go up to,...
4Latineō—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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