Where does “Parterre” come from?
Parterre (German) comes from French parterre, from French par, from Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
Parterre (German): ground floor, first floor
Definitions
- ground floor, first floor
Ancestry of “Parterre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | parterre | part of a garden that is divided into flowerbeds;... |
| 2 | French | par | through; by; over |
| 3 | Middle French | par | by |
| 4 | Old French | par | by; via; because of; due to; by |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |