Where does “cuirassier” come from?
cuirassier (French) comes from Old French cuiracer, 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.
cuirassier (French): cuirassier
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Ancestry of “cuirassier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cuiracer | a make of cuirasses; cuirassier; solderied armed... |
| 2 | Old French | cuirace | cuirass |
| 3 | Italian | corazza | cuirass, breastplate; carapace; armour |
| 4 | Late Latin | coriacea | — |
| 5 | Latin | coriāceus | leather |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 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 |