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Where does “avenir” come from?

avenir (Spanish) comes from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

avenir (Spanish): to reconcile; to agree, accept; to match

Definitions

  1. to reconcile; to agree, accept; to match

Ancestry of “avenir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadveniō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “avenir”

  • avenida
  • desavenir
  • avenida
  • avenida
  • abenida
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →