Where does “dormir” come from?

dormir (Middle French) comes from Old French dormir, from Latin dormiō, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

dormir (Middle French): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “dormir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdormirto sleep
2Latindormiōto sleep
3Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run

Words derived from “dormir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →Every word from Proto-Italic dormiō →Every word from Latin dormiō →