Where does “croupier” come from?
Croupier derives from French croupier, from Old French croupe meaning rump or croup, from Old Norse kroppr, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots grewb- and ger- relating to body parts.
croupier (English): The person who collects bets and pays out...
Definitions
- The person who collects bets and pays out...
Ancestry of “croupier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | croupier | croupier |
| 2 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 3 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |