Where does “cuirasser” come from?
cuirasser (French) comes from French cuirasse, from Old French cuirace, from Italian corazza, from Late Latin coriacea, from Latin coriāceus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
cuirasser (French): to put on; to prepare for action
Definitions
- to put on; to prepare for action
Ancestry of “cuirasser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | cuirasse | breastplate; armour; armour, armour plate |
| 2 | Old French | cuirace | cuirass |
| 3 | Italian | corazza | cuirass, breastplate; carapace; armour |
| 4 | Late Latin | coriacea | — |
| 5 | Latin | coriāceus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |