Where does “barbetter” come from?
barbetter (French) comes from Middle French borbeter, from French -oter, from Middle French -oter, from Old French -oter, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
barbetter (French): to dig about
Ancestry of “barbetter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | borbeter | to shake in the mud |
| 2 | French | -oter | Forming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive... |
| 3 | Middle French | -oter | — |
| 4 | Old French | -oter | — |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “barbetter”