Etymology

rendezvous

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Today it means: A meeting or date. Full definition →

French rendez-vous
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromrendez-vous“appointment”
  2. English todayrendezvous

Borrowed from French rendez-vous (“appointment”), noun derived from second person plural imperative of se rendre (“to go to”), literally, “[you (imperative)] go to, get yourself to [a place]”.

Words from the same roots

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