Where does “clavarder” come from?
clavarder (French) comes from French bavarder, from French bavard, from French -ard, from Old French -ard, from Frankish -hard, from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
clavarder (French): to chat by typing on a keyboard
Definitions
- to chat by typing on a keyboard
Ancestry of “clavarder”, step by step
clavarder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bavarder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bavarder | to chat; To have a lengthy talk about something |
| 2 | French | bavard | chatty; chatterbox |
| 3 | French | -ard | Used primarily to form pejoratives, diminutives,... |
| 4 | Old French | -ard | pejorative agent noun |
| 5 | Frankish | -hard | hardy, bold |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via French clavier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | clavier | keyboard; keyring; mouth, teeth |
| 2 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |