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Where does “besoingnable” come from?

besoingnable (Middle French) comes from Old French besoignable, from Old French besoing, from Vulgar Latin bisonium, from Frankish bisunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-ónt-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts.

besoingnable (Middle French): needed; necessary

Definitions

  1. needed; necessary

Ancestry of “besoingnable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbesoignable—
2Old Frenchbesoingneed; requirement
3Vulgar Latinbisoniumneed
4Frankishbisunnju—
5Proto-Germanic*sunnju—
6Proto-Germanicsunjōtruth, sooth; denial, protest
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁s-ónt-ih₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁sóntsactive participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—
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