Where does “percevoir” come from?
percevoir (Old French) comes from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
percevoir (Old French): to notice; to become aware
Definitions
- to notice; to become aware
Ancestry of “percevoir”, step by step
percevoir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin percipiō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |