Where does “Dufour” come from?
Dufour comes from French four, meaning oven, from Old French forn, from Latin furnus, from Greek φούρνος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, meaning to warm or heat.
Ancestry of “Dufour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Dufour | — |
| 2 | French | dû | what is owed, money's worth; past participle of... |
| 3 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 4 | Latin | dēbēre | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |