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Where does “dorveille” come from?

dorveille (Old French) comes from Old French dormir, from Latin dormiō, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

dorveille (Old French): dozing, drowsiness; more precisely, a state...

Definitions

  1. dozing, drowsiness; more precisely, a state...

Ancestry of “dorveille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdormirto sleep
2Latindormiō—
3Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run

Words derived from “dorveille”

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