Where does “verbe faible” come from?
verbe faible (French) comes from French faible, from Latin flēbilis, from Latin fleō, from Proto-Italic flēō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
verbe faible (French): weak verb (verb with regular conjugation in the Germanic languages)
Definitions
- weak verb (verb with regular conjugation in the Germanic languages)
Ancestry of “verbe faible”, step by step
verbe faible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French faible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | faible | weak; lacking endurance; low, small |
| 2 | Latin | flēbilis | lamentable |
| 3 | Latin | fleō | to weep, cry |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | flēō | weep, cry |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via French verbe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | verbe | speech; tone of voice; way of speaking |
| 2 | Latin | verbum | word; proverb, saying; verb |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |