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Where does “échauffer” come from?

échauffer (French) comes from Middle French eschauffer, from Old French eschaufer, from Vulgar Latin *excalfāre, from Latin excalfaciō, from Latin calfaciō, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

échauffer (French): to overheat; to excite, incite; to inflame

Definitions

  1. to overheat; to excite, incite; to inflame

Ancestry of “échauffer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frencheschaufferto heat; to heat up
2Old Frencheschauferto heat; to warm
3Vulgar Latin*excalfāre—
4Latinexcalfaciō—
5Latincalfaciō—
6Latincalefaciō—
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “échauffer”

  • échauffement
  • echauffieren
  • eşofman
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