Where does “fairingner” come from?

fairingner (Champenois) comes from Champenois fairingne, from Old French farine, from Latin farīna, from Latin far, from Proto-Italic *fars, from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- — top, tip, point.

fairingner (Champenois): to flour

Definitions

  1. to flour

Ancestry of “fairingner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Champenoisfairingneflour
2Old Frenchfarine—
3Latinfarīnaground corn, flour, meal
4Latinfarspelt; coarse meal; grits
5Proto-Italic*farsflour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →Every word from Proto-Italic *fars →Every word from Latin far →