Where does “voltigeur” come from?
voltigeur (English) comes from French voltigeur, from Italian volteggiare, from Italian -eggiare, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti — he, she.
voltigeur (English): A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter; One of a picked...
Definitions
- A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter; One of a picked...
Ancestry of “voltigeur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | voltigeur | voltigeur; outfielder |
| 2 | Italian | volteggiare | to circle, hover; to spin, gyrate; to vault |
| 3 | Italian | -eggiare | Used to form verbs from adjectives or nouns |
| 4 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 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 |