dormir.
to sleep
Meaning & usage
to sleep
Vous devriez essayer de dormir.
Je dormais quand vous avez appelé.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti Proto-Italic *dormiō Latin dormīre Old French dormir Middle French dormir French dormir Inherited from Middle French dormir, from Old French dormir, from Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti, from *drem- (“to sleep”) + *-yéti.
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