Where does “apaien” come from?
apaien (Middle English) comes from Old French apaiier, from Vulgar Latin adpacare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
apaien (Middle English): satisfy or please
Definitions
- satisfy or please
Ancestry of “apaien”, step by step
apaien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French apaiier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | apaiier | to appease; to calm |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | adpacare | present active infinitive of *adpācō |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old French apaier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | apaier | Alternative form of apaiier |