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Where does “carrossier” come from?

carrossier (French) comes from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

carrossier (French): coachbuilder; draught horse

Definitions

  1. coachbuilder; draught horse

Ancestry of “carrossier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ierused to form the names of trees bearing a...
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Latin-āre—
4Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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