Where does “lutteur” come from?
lutteur (French) comes from French lutter, from Old French luiter, from Old French luitier, from Latin luctor, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
lutteur (French): fighter; combatant; wrestler
Definitions
- fighter; combatant; wrestler
Ancestry of “lutteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | lutter | to struggle, to fight; to wrestle |
| 2 | Old French | luiter | — |
| 3 | Old French | luitier | to fight |
| 4 | Latin | luctor | I struggle, wrestle, fight |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |