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

Definitions

  1. to keep up; to sustain

Ancestry of “soustenir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsoustenirto keep up; to sustain; to bear
2Vulgar Latinsustenire—
3LatinsustineoI hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,...
4Latinsub-under, sub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “soustenir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →