Where does “nonchafing” come from?
nonchafing (English) comes from English chafing, from English chafe, from Middle English chaufen, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
nonchafing (English): That does not chafe
Definitions
- That does not chafe
Ancestry of “nonchafing”, step by step
nonchafing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chafing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chafing | present participle of chafe; The act by which... |
| 2 | English | chafe | Heat excited by friction; Injury or wear caused... |
| 3 | Middle English | chaufen | to warm |
| 4 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 6 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |