Where does “societé” come from?
societé (Middle French) comes from Old French societé, from Latin societās, from Latin socius, from Ancient Greek πάθος, from Ancient Greek πάσχω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.
societé (Middle French): society
Definitions
- society
Ancestry of “societé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | societé | society; association; council; group; society;... |
| 2 | Latin | societās | society, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity a union for a common purpose |
| 3 | Latin | socius | sharing, joining in, partaking, associated;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πάθος | pain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πάσχω | to undergo, experience; have someone do something... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |