Where does “quartier-maître” come from?
quartier-maître (French) comes from French quartier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
quartier-maître (French): quartermaster
Definitions
- quartermaster
Ancestry of “quartier-maître”, step by step
quartier-maître traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French quartier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quartier | quarter, district, neighbourhood |
| 2 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 3 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French Maître
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Maître | a title given to lawyers and notaries public in... |
| 2 | Middle French | maistre | master |
| 3 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 4 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |