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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

  1. appetite

Ancestry of “Appetit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchappétitappetite
2Middle Frenchappetitappetite; appetite; want; desire; longing
3Old Frenchapetitappetite
4Latinappetitusan attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;...
5Latinappetō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Appetit”

  • unappetitlich
  • appetitlich
  • Appetitlosigkeit
  • appetitlos
  • apetit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →