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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

  1. to walk

Ancestry of “pourmener”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpormenerto walk
2Old Frenchporfor
3Late Latinpōr—
4Latinprō—
5Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
6Latinrēōr—
7Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “pourmener”

  • promenade
  • prom
  • promenader
  • promlike
  • promwear
  • prom-goer
  • promzilla
  • prommer
  • promgoer
  • promenade
  • promener
  • promeneuse
  • promenoir
  • Promenadenmischung
  • Promenade
  • promenejo
  • promeno
  • promeni
  • promenbastono
  • promenado
  • promenade
  • promenád
  • promenar
  • Promenad
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