Where does “anpwazònman” come from?
anpwazònman (Haitian Creole) comes from French empoisonnement, from French empoisonner, from French poison, from Old French poison, from Latin pōtiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
anpwazònman (Haitian Creole): poisoning
Ancestry of “anpwazònman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | empoisonnement | poisoning |
| 2 | French | empoisonner | to poison, to kill by poisoning |
| 3 | French | poison | poison |
| 4 | Old French | poison | poison; potion |
| 5 | Latin | pōtiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |