Where does “pourfendeur” come from?
pourfendeur (French) comes from French pourfendre, from French fendre, from Italian fendere, from Spanish hender, from Old Spanish fender, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- — bee.
pourfendeur (French): attacker, opponent
Ancestry of “pourfendeur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pourfendre | to slice through, slay; to lay into, shoot down,... |
| 2 | French | fendre | to split, to chop , to crack; to shoulder; to... |
| 3 | Italian | fendere | to cut through, pass through; to split, cleave,... |
| 4 | Spanish | hender | To split, to cleave apart; To crack into pieces;... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | fender | — |
| 6 | Latin | findō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | findō | split, cleave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |