souvent

French

Etymology

From Old French suvent, sovent, from Latin subinde, which consists of sub + inde. The original meaning of subinde was “immediately after”, which then evolved to “repeatedly” and then to “often”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.vɑ̃/
  • Audio (Paris, France)(file)

Adverb

souvent

  1. often
    Je visite la France trop souvent.
    I visit France too often.

Descendants

References
  1. Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French suvent, sovent, from Latin subinde.

Adverb

souvent

  1. often
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