Where does “veneur” come from?

veneur (English) comes from French veneur, from Old French veneor, from Latin vēnātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

veneur (English): A huntsman, especially in France

Definitions

  1. A huntsman, especially in France

Ancestry of “veneur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchveneurhunter, huntsman
2Old Frenchveneor—
3Latinvēnātorhunter
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin vēnātor →
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