Where does “perceiven” come from?
perceiven (Middle English) comes from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “perceiven”, step by step
perceiven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French percevoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | percevoir | to notice; to become aware |
| 2 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |