Where does “sofer” come from?
sofer (English) comes from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō.
sofer (English): A Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls...
Definitions
- A Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls...
Ancestry of “sofer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 2 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 3 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 4 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 5 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 7 | Latin | calefaciō | — |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |