French word avenir comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-, English writ, Proto-Indo-European *-yéti, and later Proto-Italic *gʷenjō (To come.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *gʷem- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| writ | English (en) | (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 (ine) | Creates intransitive, often deponent, imperfective verbs from roots. |
| *gʷm̥-yé-ti | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| venire facias | Latin (lat) | |
| *gʷm̥yéti | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *gʷenjō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To come. |
| venire | Latin (lat) | |
| venir | Old French (fro) | To come; to arrive. |
| venir | Middle French (frm) | To come (go to a specified location). |
| venir | French (fr) | (intransitive) To come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker). |
| avenir | French (fr) | Future. |