Where does “marmiton” come from?

marmiton (English) comes from French marmiton, from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

marmiton (English): A chef's assistant; kitchen boy

Definitions

  1. A chef's assistant; kitchen boy

Ancestry of “marmiton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarmitonmarmiton
2French-onForming diminutives of things, including some...
3Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from French -on →