Where does “soustenir” come from?
soustenir (Middle French) comes from Old French soustenir, from Vulgar Latin sustenire, from Latin sustineo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
soustenir (Middle French): to keep up; to sustain
Ancestry of “soustenir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | soustenir | to keep up; to sustain; to bear |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | sustenire | — |
| 3 | Latin | sustineo | I hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,... |
| 4 | Latin | sub- | sub- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |