Where does “apetite” come from?

apetite (Portuguese) comes from French appétit, from Middle French appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

apetite (Portuguese): appetite; craving; desire; passion; ambition

Definitions

  1. appetite; craving; desire; passion; ambition

Ancestry of “apetite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchappétitappetite
2Middle Frenchappetitappetite; appetite; want; desire; longing
3Old Frenchapetitappetite
4Latinappetitusan attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;...
5Latinappetōto strive for, reach after (something), try to get
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “apetite

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