Where does “repairen” come from?
repairen (Middle English) comes from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
repairen (Middle English): to return
Definitions
- to return
Ancestry of “repairen”, step by step
repairen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French repairier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | repairier | to go home |
| 2 | Late Latin | repatriare | to return to one's country; return to one's... |
| 3 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 4 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 5 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Middle French reparer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | reparer | — |
| 2 | Latin | reparo | I recover, retrieve; I renew, restore, repair; I... |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |