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Where does “bêcheveter” come from?

bêcheveter (French) comes from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

bêcheveter (French): To upend; To place head-to-toe, head-to-tail

Definitions

  1. To upend; To place head-to-toe, head-to-tail

Ancestry of “bêcheveter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
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