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Where does “ergoter” come from?

ergoter (French) comes from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

ergoter (French): to quibble; to argue; to contest; to prune a tree...

Definitions

  1. to quibble; to argue; to contest; to prune a tree...

Ancestry of “ergoter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “ergoter”

  • ergoteur
  • ergotage
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