Where does “repa” come from?
repa (Haitian Creole) comes from French repas, from Old French repast, from Old French repaistre, from Latin repascere, from Latin pascere, from Latin pasco, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.
repa (Haitian Creole): meal
Definitions
- meal
Ancestry of “repa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | repas | meal, repast |
| 2 | Old French | repast | a meal |
| 3 | Old French | repaistre | to eat |
| 4 | Latin | repascere | — |
| 5 | Latin | pascere | present active infinitive of pāscō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | pasco | I feed, nourish, maintain, support; I pasture,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pāskō | to feed; to pasture |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |