French word abaisser comes from Old French a (Belonging to. To. Towards.), Old French baissier (To lower.), Latin ad- (To.), Latin *bassio
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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a | Old French (fro) | Belonging to. To. Towards. |
baissier | Old French (fro) | To lower. |
ad- | Latin (lat) | To. |
*bassio | Latin (lat) | |
a- | Old French (fro) | (by extension) indicating a change of state. Indicating movement towards something. Intensifying prefix. |
*adbassio | Latin (lat) | (Vulgar Latin) I lower. |
abaissier | Old French (fro) | (reflexive, s'abaissier) to prostrate oneself. To lower, to reduce. |
abaisser | French (fra) | (figuratively, reflexive, transitive) To humble oneself, demean oneself, stoop; abase, degrade, humiliate.. (literally, transitive) To lower; to reduce; to bring down. (reflexive, transitive) To come or go down; to descend. |