Where does “Pecheur” come from?

Pecheur (English) comes from French pêcheur, from Middle French Pescheur, from Old French pescheor, from Latin piscātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Pecheur (English): of French origin

Definitions

  1. of French origin

Ancestry of “Pecheur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpêcheurfisher
2Middle FrenchPescheurfisherman
3Old Frenchpescheorfisherman
4Latinpiscātorfisher, fisherman
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin piscātor
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