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Where does “appliance” come from?

appliance (Spanish) comes from English appliance, from English apply, from Middle English aplien, from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

appliance (Spanish): appliance

Definitions

  1. appliance

Ancestry of “appliance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapplianceAn implement, an instrument or apparatus designed...
2EnglishapplyTo lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or...
3Middle Englishaplien—
4Old Frenchapplierto bend; to apply
5Latinapplicō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →