Where does “carburant” come from?

carburant (French) comes from French carburer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

carburant (French): fuel; present participle of carburer

Definitions

  1. fuel; present participle of carburer

Ancestry of “carburant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarburerto carburet; to run well; to run on, live on
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “carburant”

Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →