Where does “urinaire” come from?
urinaire (French) comes from French urine, from Middle French urine, from Old French orine, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
urinaire (French): urinary
Definitions
- urinary
Ancestry of “urinaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | urine | urine; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Middle French | urine | urine |
| 3 | Old French | orine | urine; breeding; heritage |
| 4 | Latin | orīgō | commencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination |
| 5 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |