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Where does “huissier” come from?

huissier (English) comes from French huissier, from Old French ussier, from Vulgar Latin ustiarius, from Latin ostiārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

huissier (English): A doorman in France; A "huissier de justice", an...

Definitions

  1. A doorman in France; A "huissier de justice", an...

Ancestry of “huissier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchhuissierAn usher, "particularly:"
2Old Frenchussierdoorman; doorkeeper
3Vulgar Latinustiariusdoorkeeper
4Latinostiārius—
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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