Where does “péteur” come from?
péteur (French) comes from French péter, from French pet, from Middle French pet, from Old French pet, from Latin peditum, from Latin pedō, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
péteur (French): farter, one who breaks wind
Definitions
- farter, one who breaks wind
Ancestry of “péteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | péter | to blow off, fart; to break; to explode |
| 2 | French | pet | fart; Common apocope for pétard . Rarely pèt |
| 3 | Middle French | pet | fart, gas, flatulence |
| 4 | Old French | pet | — |
| 5 | Latin | peditum | fart; genitive masculine plural of pedes;... |
| 6 | Latin | pedō | — |
| 7 | Latin | pēs | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |