Where does “escher” come from?
escher (French) comes from French esche, from Middle French esche, from Old French esche, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
escher (French): To bait a hook
Ancestry of “escher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | esche | bait; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Middle French | esche | — |
| 3 | Old French | esche | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēsca | — |
| 5 | Latin | edō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |