Where does “apesen” come from?
apesen (Middle English) comes from Old French apeser, from French apaiser, from Old French apaisier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési — day.
Ancestry of “apesen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | apeser | to pacify, bring to peace |
| 2 | French | apaiser | to mollify; to appease, pacify, calm |
| 3 | Old French | apaisier | to make less painful |
| 4 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 5 | Latin | herī | — |
| 6 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
Words derived from “apesen”