Where does “chauffer” come from?
chauffer (French) comes from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
chauffer (French): to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice...
Definitions
- to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice...
Ancestry of “chauffer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 2 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 3 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 5 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |