Where does “et” come from?

et (Middle French) comes from Old French et, from Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European éti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

et (Middle French): and

Definitions

  1. and

Ancestry of “et”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchetand
2Latinetand; plus; though, even if
3Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “et

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe
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