Where does “abri” come from?
abri (Middle French) comes from Old French abri, from Old French abrier, from Latin apricāre, from Latin aprīcor, from Latin apricus, from Latin aperīcus, from Latin -cus, from Proto-Italic -kos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “abri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | abri | shelter |
| 2 | Old French | abrier | to shelter; to take shelter; to shelter oneself |
| 3 | Latin | apricāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | aprīcor | to bask in the sun, sunbathe |
| 5 | Latin | apricus | sunny, having lots of sunshine, warmed by the... |
| 6 | Latin | aperīcus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -cus | suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |