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Where does “choquant” come from?

choquant (French) comes from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать, from German -ieren, from French -er — he, she.

choquant (French): shocking; present participle of choquer

Definitions

  1. shocking; present participle of choquer

Ancestry of “choquant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
2Germanschockieren—
3Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
4Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
5Russianшоки́ровать—
6Russian-и́ровать—
7German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
8French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
9English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
10Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
11Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
12Latin-āre—
13Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
14Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
15Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
16Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
17Chichewaiyehe, she
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