Where does “barfouiller” come from?
barfouiller (Franco-Provençal) comes from French barbouiller, from French barbe, from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from Latin farba, from Proto-Italic farβā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.
Ancestry of “barfouiller”, step by step
barfouiller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French barbouiller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | barbouiller | to daub; to scribble; to mark, stain, dirty |
| 2 | French | barbe | beard; longer hair growing on the chin or face of... |
| 3 | Middle French | barbe | beard |
| 4 | Old French | barbe | beard |
| 5 | Latin | barba | beard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of... |
| 6 | Latin | farba | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | farβā | beard |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰardʰéh₂ | beard |
via French fouiller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fouiller | to search; to search, frisk; to go into,... |
| 2 | Latin | fodiculare | — |
| 3 | Latin | fodicare | present active infinitive of fodicō;... |
| 4 | Latin | fodere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | fodio | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |