Where does “chatoyment” come from?
chatoyment (English) comes from French chatoiement, from French chatoyer, from French chat, from English chat, from English chatter, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
chatoyment (English): Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of...
Definitions
- Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of...
Ancestry of “chatoyment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chatoiement | shimmer, shimmering |
| 2 | French | chatoyer | to shimmer; to iridesce |
| 3 | French | chat | cat; cat, tom, tomcat; tag, tig |
| 4 | English | chat | To be engaged in informal conversation; To talk... |
| 5 | English | chatter | Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk;... |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |