Where does “buteur” come from?
buteur (French) comes from French but, from French boire, from Middle French boire, from Old French boivre, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
buteur (French): scorer, goalscorer
Definitions
- scorer, goalscorer
Ancestry of “buteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | but | aim; goal; third-person singular past historic of... |
| 2 | French | boire | to drink |
| 3 | Middle French | boire | to drink |
| 4 | Old French | boivre | to drink; a drink |
| 5 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | bibō | to drink |
| 7 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |