Where does “chafe” come from?
Chafe comes from Middle English chaufen, from Old French chaufer, from Latin calefacio meaning "to make warm," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning "to put" or "to do."
chafe (English): Heat excited by friction; Injury or wear caused...
Definitions
- Heat excited by friction; Injury or wear caused...
Ancestry of “chafe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | chaufen | to warm |
| 2 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 4 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |