Where does “pêcheur” come from?
pêcheur (French) comes from Middle French Pescheur, from Old French pescheor, from Latin piscātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
pêcheur (French): fisher
Definitions
- fisher
Ancestry of “pêcheur”, step by step
pêcheur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French Pescheur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | Pescheur | fisherman |
| 2 | Old French | pescheor | fisherman |
| 3 | Latin | piscātor | fisher, fisherman |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |