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Where does “cabotier” come from?

cabotier (French) comes from French caboter, 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.

cabotier (French): a cabotage ship, a transport ship

Definitions

  1. a cabotage ship, a transport ship

Ancestry of “cabotier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcaboterto coast; to transport goods or passenger, to...
2French-oterForming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive...
3Middle French-oter—
4Old French-oter—
5French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
6English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
7Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
8Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
9Latin-āre—
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
14Chichewaiyehe, she
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