Dormir
/dɔʁ.miʁ/noun
A French verb meaning to sleep.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin *dormire*, and that same ancient sleep-root also gave English words tied to stillness and slumber, making sleep one of language’s oldest recurring states of power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*drem-
“to sleep”
Latin
Latin
dormire
“to sleep”
Old French
OF
dormir
“to sleep”
Modern French
French
dormir
“to sleep”