Where does “reservoir” come from?
Reservoir comes from French réservoir, from the French suffix -oir, from Latin -orium, combined with Latin re- and servo meaning to keep or guard, from Proto-Indo-European ser-, itself from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
reservoir (English): A place where anything is kept in store; A large...
Definitions
- A place where anything is kept in store; A large...
Ancestry of “reservoir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | réservoir | reservoir |
| 2 | French | -oir | A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words... |
| 3 | Latin | -ere | infinitive forming suffix; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ezi | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |