Where does “anpeche” come from?
anpeche (Haitian Creole) comes from French empêcher, from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedico, from Latin pēdica, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
anpeche (Haitian Creole): To prevent
Ancestry of “anpeche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | empêcher | to stop; to prevent; to hinder; to refrain |
| 2 | Old French | empeechier | to fetter; to hinder |
| 3 | Latin | impedico | I fetter; I entangle |
| 4 | Latin | pēdica | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |