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parvenu

Meaningto arrive

Common meaning: person newly wealthy or socially prominent

Journey through time

  1. Latinpervenire‘to arrive’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsto arrive → person who has risen in statusparvenu‘person who has risen in status’source
  3. Englishparvenu‘person newly wealthy or socially prominent’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin pervenire ‘to arrive’.

Roots

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