Where does “chicoter” come from?

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

chicoter (French): to cut away, to cut up

Definitions

  1. to cut away, to cut up

Ancestry of “chicoter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →