Where does “barboteur” come from?

barboteur (French) comes from French barboter, from French barbetter, from Middle French borbeter, from French -oter, from Middle French -oter, from Old French -oter, from French -er, from English -er — he, she.

barboteur (French): splasher; fermentation lock; dabbling duck

Definitions

  1. splasher; fermentation lock; dabbling duck

Ancestry of “barboteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbarboterto splash; To nick, to pinch
2Frenchbarbetterto dig about
3Middle Frenchborbeterto shake in the mud
4French-oterForming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive...
5Middle French-oter
6Old French-oter
7French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
8English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
9Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
10Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
11Latin-ārefirst conjugation
12Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
13Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
14Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
15Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
16Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “barboteur

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