Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “set” come from?

set (Old French) comes from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

set (Old French): seven; third-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. seven; third-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “set”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSeptem—
2Proto-Italicseptemseven
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “set”

  • septième
  • sept
  • saept
  • sept
  • sèt
  • set
  • sèt
  • set
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →