Where does “choquer” come from?
choquer (French) comes from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er — he, she.
choquer (French): to hit, to collide; to shock
Definitions
- to hit, to collide; to shock
Ancestry of “choquer”, step by step
choquer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German schockieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schockieren | to shock |
| 2 | Spanish | chocar | to crash; to bump into, to collide with; to... |
| 3 | Portuguese | chocar | to brood; to hatch; to linger |
| 4 | Russian | шоки́ровать | to horrify, to scandalize, to shock |
| 5 | Russian | -и́ровать | a productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords |
| 6 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 7 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 9 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 10 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 16 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Middle French chocquer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | chocquer | to strike; to stun using physical force |