Where does “pourmener” come from?
pourmener (Middle French) comes from Old French pormener, from Old French por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
pourmener (Middle French): to walk
Definitions
- to walk
Ancestry of “pourmener”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pormener | to walk |
| 2 | Old French | por | for |
| 3 | Late Latin | pōr | — |
| 4 | Latin | prō | for |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |