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French word avenir comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-, English writ, Proto-Indo-European *-yéti, and later Proto-Italic *gʷenjō (To come.)
*gʷem- (Proto-Indo-European)
writ (English)
(archaic) That which is written; writing.. (legal) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.. Authority, power to enforce compliance. (archaic, nonstandard).
*-yéti (Proto-Indo-European)
Creates intransitive, often deponent, imperfective verbs from roots.
*gʷm̥-yé-ti (Proto-Indo-European)
venire facias (Latin)
*gʷm̥yéti (Proto-Indo-European)
*gʷenjō (Proto-Italic)
To come.
venire (Latin)
venir (Old French)
To come; to arrive.
venir (Middle French)
To come (go to a specified location).
venir (French)
(intransitive) To come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker).
avenir (French)
Future.