Etymology of the English word parvenu
the English word
parvenuderived from the French word
parvenuderived from the French word
parvenirderived from the Latin word
pervenire (come to; reach; arrive)
derived from the Latin word
venire (to come; go for sale, be sold , be disposed of for)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷā-using the Late Latin prefix
per-derived from the Latin word
per (through)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perCognates
Dutch
parvenu, French
parvenu, German
Parvenü, Norwegian
parveny, Swedish
parvenyUsage
Word found in Modern English
