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
Ancestry of “promesse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | promissa | — |
| 2 | Latin | prōmissum | — |
| 3 | Latin | promissus | promised |
| 4 | Latin | prōmittō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “promesse”