Where does “moucharder” come from?
moucharder (French) comes from French mouchard, from French -ard, from Old French -ard, from Frankish -hard, from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.
moucharder (French): to rat; to rat on; to tell tales
Definitions
- to rat; to rat on; to tell tales
Ancestry of “moucharder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | mouchard | snitch, grass, tell-tale; mouchard; bug |
| 2 | French | -ard | Used primarily to form pejoratives, diminutives,... |
| 3 | Old French | -ard | pejorative agent noun |
| 4 | Frankish | -hard | hardy, bold |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |
Words derived from “moucharder”