Where does “poursuivre” come from?
poursuivre (Norman) comes from Old French porsivre, from Vulgar Latin prosequere, from Latin prōsequor, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
poursuivre (Norman): to prosecute
Ancestry of “poursuivre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | porsivre | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | prosequere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | prōsequor | — |
| 4 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |