Where does “chafened” come from?
chafened (English) comes from English chafen, from English chafe, from Middle English chaufen, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
chafened (English): chafed
Definitions
- chafed
Ancestry of “chafened”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chafen | To make chafed |
| 2 | English | chafe | Heat excited by friction; Injury or wear caused... |
| 3 | Middle English | chaufen | to warm |
| 4 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 6 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |