Where does “アペタイザー” come from?

アペタイザー (Japanese) comes from English appetizer, from English appetize, from English appetizing, from French appétissant, from French appétit, from Middle French appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus — in.

アペタイザー (Japanese): appetizer/appetiser

Definitions

  1. appetizer/appetiser

Ancestry of “アペタイザー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishappetizerA small, light, and usually savory first course...
2EnglishappetizeTo whet the appetite
3EnglishappetizingThat appeals to, or stimulates the appetite;...
4Frenchappétissantappetizing
5Frenchappétitappetite
6Middle Frenchappetitappetite; appetite; want; desire; longing
7Old Frenchapetitappetite
8Latinappetitusan attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;...
9Latinappetōto strive for, reach after (something), try to get
10Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én