Where does “seuen” come from?
seuen (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
Ancestry of “seuen”, step by step
seuen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Anglo-Norman suer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 2 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |