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Where does “barbotière” come from?

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

barbotière (French): duckpond

Definitions

  1. duckpond

Ancestry of “barbotière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbarboteursplasher; fermentation lock; dabbling duck
2Frenchbarboterto splash; To nick, to pinch
3Frenchbarbetterto dig about
4Middle Frenchborbeterto shake in the mud
5French-oterForming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive...
6Middle French-oter—
7Old French-oter—
8French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
9English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
10Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
11Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
12Latin-āre—
13Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
14Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
15Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
16Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
17Chichewaiyehe, she
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