Where does “fouetteur” come from?

fouetteur (French) comes from French fouetter, from French fouet, from Old French fou, from Latin fāgus, from Proto-Italic fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

fouetteur (French): whipper, beater

Definitions

  1. whipper, beater

Ancestry of “fouetteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfouetterto beat with a whip; to hit and sting like a...
2Frenchfouetwhip; whisk; tip
3Old Frenchfoubeech
4Latinfāgusbeech tree
5Proto-Italicfāgos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Italic fāgos →Every word from Latin fāgus →