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Where does “pêcheur” come from?

pêcheur (French) comes 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.

pêcheur (French): fisher

Definitions

  1. fisher

Ancestry of “pêcheur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchPescheur—
2Old Frenchpescheorfisherman
3Latinpiscātor—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “pêcheur”

  • Pecheur
  • Pecheur
  • martin-pêcheur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →