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Where does “advenir” come from?

advenir (Middle French) comes from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

advenir (Middle French): to happen, to occur

Definitions

  1. to happen, to occur

Ancestry of “advenir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadveniō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “advenir”

  • advenement
  • advenable
  • advenir
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →