Where does “promesse” come from?
promesse (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin promissa, from Latin prōmissum, from Latin promissus, from Latin prōmittō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
promesse (Old French): promise
Definitions
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Ancestry of “promesse”, step by step
promesse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Medieval Latin promissa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | promissa | — |
| 2 | Latin | prōmissum | promise |
| 3 | Latin | promissus | promised |
| 4 | Latin | prōmittō | to send forth |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Latin prōmissa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | prōmissa | — |