Where does “succès” come from?
succès (French) comes from Middle French succes, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
succès (French): success; achievement
Ancestry of “succès”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | succes | success |
| 2 | Latin | successus | course, flow , approach, outcome, success;... |
| 3 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 4 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | supo | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “succès”