Where does “debutant” come from?
debutant (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French débutant, from French débuter, from French but, from French boire, from Middle French boire, from Old French boivre, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
debutant (Norwegian Bokmål): a debutant or debutante
Ancestry of “debutant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | débutant | present participle of débuter; debutant, newbie,... |
| 2 | French | débuter | to start; to debut, to make one's debut |
| 3 | French | but | aim; goal; third-person singular past historic of... |
| 4 | French | boire | to drink |
| 5 | Middle French | boire | to drink |
| 6 | Old French | boivre | to drink; a drink |
| 7 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | bibō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |