Where does “dormer” come from?

Dormer comes from Middle French dormoir, from Middle French dormir and Old French dormir, both meaning "to sleep," from Latin dormire, from Proto-Italic dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European drem-.

dormer (English): a room-like, roofed projection from a sloping...

Definitions

  1. a room-like, roofed projection from a sloping...

Ancestry of “dormer”, step by step

dormer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French dormoir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdormoirsleeping room
2Middle Frenchdormirto sleep
3Old Frenchdormirto sleep
4Latindormiōto sleep
5Proto-Italicdormiōto sleep
6Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run

via English dorm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdormClipping of dormitory; To reside in a dorm

Words derived from “dormer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →Every word from Proto-Italic dormiō →Every word from Latin dormiō →