Where does “šoférovat” come from?
šoférovat (Czech) comes from Czech šofér, 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.
šoférovat (Czech): to drive to drive a motor vehicle
Definitions
- to drive to drive a motor vehicle
Ancestry of “šoférovat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | šofér | driver |
| 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 | — |