Where does “effarouchement” come from?
effarouchement (French) comes from French effaroucher, from French farouche, from Old French faroche, from Old French forasche, from Latin forāsticus, from Latin forās, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis — he, she.
effarouchement (French): alarm, scare
Ancestry of “effarouchement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | effaroucher | to scare off, frighten away; to frighten, alarm;... |
| 2 | French | farouche | wild, shy of humans; shy, unsociable, retiring,... |
| 3 | Old French | faroche | untamed; wild |
| 4 | Old French | forasche | — |
| 5 | Latin | forāsticus | — |
| 6 | Latin | forās | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ās | — |
| 8 | Latin | -ātis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |