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Where does “adresant” come from?

adresant (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Polish adres, from French adresse, from English address, from Middle English adressen, from Middle English dressen, from Old French drecier, from Vulgar Latin directiare, from Latin dīrectus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

adresant (Serbo-Croatian): addresser; forwarding agent; remitter

Definitions

  1. addresser; forwarding agent; remitter

Ancestry of “adresant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishadresaddress
2Frenchadresseaddress; skill, adroitness; first-person singular...
3Englishaddress"Direction."; "Preparation."; To prepare oneself
4Middle Englishadressento raise erect, adorn
5Middle Englishdressen—
6Old Frenchdrecierto stand up; to get on one's feet
7Vulgar Latindirectiare—
8Latindīrectus—
9Latindīrigō—
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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