Where does “porte-bébé” come from?
porte-bébé (French) comes from French porter, from English porter, from Middle English porter, from Old French portour, from Old French porter, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
porte-bébé (French): baby carrier; papoose
Definitions
- baby carrier; papoose
Ancestry of “porte-bébé”, step by step
porte-bébé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French porter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 2 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 3 | Middle English | porter | gatekeeper, doorkeeper |
| 4 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 5 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 6 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 7 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 8 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via French bébé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bébé | baby |
| 2 | English | baby | A very young human, particularly from birth to a... |
| 3 | Middle English | baby | A child or baby |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |