Where does “Gegenbesuch” come from?
Gegenbesuch (German) comes from French contre-visite, from French visite, from French visiter, from Middle French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Gegenbesuch (German): return visit
Definitions
- return visit
Ancestry of “Gegenbesuch”, step by step
Gegenbesuch traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French contre-visite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | contre-visite | — |
| 2 | French | visite | visit; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | French | visiter | to visit |
| 4 | Middle French | visiter | to visit |
| 5 | Latin | vīsitō | to see |
| 6 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |