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