Where does “èrcontchéthi” come from?
èrcontchéthi (Norman) comes from Norman contchéthi, from Old French conquerre, from Latin conquaerere, from Latin quaerere, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
èrcontchéthi (Norman): to reconquer
Ancestry of “èrcontchéthi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norman | contchéthi | to conquer |
| 2 | Old French | conquerre | to conquer; to defeat |
| 3 | Latin | conquaerere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 5 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |