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Where does “soubrire” come from?

soubrire (Middle French) comes from Old French sorrirre, from Vulgar Latin subridere, from Latin subrīdēre.

Ancestry of “soubrire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsorrirre—
2Vulgar Latinsubriderepresent active infinitive of subrīdeō;...
3Latinsubrīdēre—
Every word from Latin subrīdēre →