Where does “chafage” come from?
chafage (English) comes from English chafe, from Middle English chaufen, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
chafage (English): Chafing; fretting and wear caused by rubbing
Definitions
- Chafing; fretting and wear caused by rubbing
Ancestry of “chafage”, step by step
chafage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chafe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chafe | Heat excited by friction; Injury or wear caused... |
| 2 | Middle English | chaufen | to warm |
| 3 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 5 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | age | The whole duration of a being, whether animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | age | The age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is |
| 3 | Old French | aage | age |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 5 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 6 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |