Where does “Appetit” come from?
Appetit (German) comes from French appétit, from Middle French appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
Appetit (German): appetite
Definitions
- appetite
Ancestry of “Appetit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | appétit | appetite |
| 2 | Middle French | appetit | appetite; appetite; want; desire; longing |
| 3 | Old French | apetit | appetite |
| 4 | Latin | appetitus | an attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;... |
| 5 | Latin | appetō | to strive for, reach after (something), try to get |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |