Where does “chauffeuress” come from?
chauffeuress (English) comes from English Chauffeur, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō.
chauffeuress (English): A female chauffeur; a chauffeuse
Definitions
- A female chauffeur; a chauffeuse
Ancestry of “chauffeuress”, step by step
chauffeuress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Chauffeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Chauffeur | A brigand belonging to the bands who, around... |
| 2 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 3 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 4 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 5 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 6 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 8 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |