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Where does “dorveille” come from?

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

dorveille (Middle French): the vivid sleep when one thinks one is still...

Definitions

  1. the vivid sleep when one thinks one is still...

Ancestry of “dorveille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdorveilledozing, drowsiness; more precisely, a state...
2Old Frenchdormirto sleep
3Latindormiō—
4Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
5Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →