Where does “poroffrir” come from?
poroffrir (Old French) comes from Old French offrir, from Vulgar Latin offerire, from Latin offerre, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
poroffrir (Old French): to offer
Definitions
- to offer
Ancestry of “poroffrir”, step by step
poroffrir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French offrir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | offrir | to offer |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | offerire | present active infinitive of *offeriō |
| 3 | Latin | offerre | present active infinitive of offerō; bring to,... |
| 4 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 5 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Old French por
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | por | for |
| 2 | Late Latin | pōr | — |
| 3 | Latin | prō | for |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |