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Where does “r'semblier” come from?

r'semblier (Norman) comes from Old French resembler, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

r'semblier (Norman): to look like, resemble

Definitions

  1. to look like, resemble

Ancestry of “r'semblier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchresemblerto look like; to resemble
2Old Frenchre-re-
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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