Where does “nettoyer” come from?
nettoyer (French) comes from Middle French nettoyer, from Old French nettoier, from Vulgar Latin nitidiare, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo, from Proto-Indo-European ney-, from Cebuano -hi.
nettoyer (French): to clean; to wipe clean
Definitions
- to clean; to wipe clean
Ancestry of “nettoyer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | nettoyer | to clean |
| 2 | Old French | nettoier | Alternative form of netoiier |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | nitidiare | — |
| 4 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 5 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 8 | Cebuano | -hi | — |