Where does “aprester” come from?
aprester (Old French) comes from Old French prest, from Latin pressus, from Latin premere, from Latin premo, from Proto-Indo-European pres-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
aprester (Old French): to prepare; to get ready
Definitions
- to prepare; to get ready
Ancestry of “aprester”, step by step
aprester traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French prest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | prest | loan; monetary gift |
| 2 | Latin | pressus | pressed, having been pressed, squeezed;... |
| 3 | Latin | premere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | premo | I press; I pursue |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Old French a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 2 | Latin | A | — |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |
via Old French er
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | er | — |