Where does “шофьорка” come from?
шофьорка (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian шофьор, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō.
шофьорка (Bulgarian): female driver (of a vehicle), female chauffeur, female motorist
Definitions
- female driver (of a vehicle), female chauffeur, female motorist
Ancestry of “шофьорка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | шофьор | male driver (of a vehicle), male chauffeur, male motorist |
| 2 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 3 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 4 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 5 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 6 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 8 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |