Where does “conducteur fantôme” come from?
conducteur fantôme (French) comes from French fantôme, from Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα, from Ancient Greek φαντάζω, from Ancient Greek φαίνω, from English -type, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.
conducteur fantôme (French): wrong-way driver, ghost driver
Definitions
- wrong-way driver, ghost driver
Ancestry of “conducteur fantôme”, step by step
conducteur fantôme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fantôme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fantôme | ghost |
| 2 | Old French | fantosme | ghost |
| 3 | Latin | phantasma | image, appearance; apparition, spectre, phantom |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φάντασμα | phantom, apparition, ghost; vision, dream;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φαντάζω | to show; to make visible; to place before one's... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 7 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via French conducteur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | conducteur | The driver of a vehicle or of a group of animated... |
| 2 | Latin | conductor | employer, entrepreneur; contractor; conductor |
| 3 | Latin | condūcō | to lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect |
| 4 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |