Where does “martin-pêcheur” come from?

martin-pêcheur (French) comes from French pêcheur, from Middle French Pescheur, from Old French pescheor, from Latin piscātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

martin-pêcheur (French): kingfisher

Definitions

kingfisher

Ancestry of “martin-pêcheur”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	pêcheur	fisher
2	Middle French	Pescheur	—
3	Old French	pescheor	fisherman
4	Latin	piscātor	—
5	Latin	-tor	-er
6	Proto-Italic	-tōr	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

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