Where does “chapitrer” come from?
chapitrer (French) comes from French chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
chapitrer (French): to reprimand
Definitions
- to reprimand
Ancestry of “chapitrer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chapitre | chapter; subject, issue |
| 2 | Old French | chapitre | chapter |
| 3 | Latin | capitulum | A head-like object or structure; A chapter,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |