épais
French
adj
Definitions
- thick
- (Quebec) stupid, thick
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French espés (thick) inherited from Old French espés inherited from Latin spissus (thick, crowded, dense, close, compact) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *spidtos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*spidtos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spiss English
- spisse Latin
- spissitudo Latin
- spissus Latin
- inspessire Italian
- ispessire Italian
- spessamente Italian
- spessimetro Italian
- spessissimo Italian
- spessitudine Italian
- spesso Italian
- spessore Italian
- épaissement French
- épaissir French
- épaississement French
- espeso Spanish, Castilian
- *spidtos Proto-Indo-European
- espés Old French
- espessor Catalan, Valencian
- espès Catalan, Valencian
- êpais Norman
- shpesh Albanian
- espessir Middle French
- espés Middle French
- espesso Old Portuguese
- spes Aromanian
- espes Old Occitan
- epè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- spès Walloon