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Where does “raideur” come from?

raideur (French) comes from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

raideur (French): stiffness, rigidity; steepness

Definitions

  1. stiffness, rigidity; steepness

Ancestry of “raideur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness
2Middle French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs
3Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “raideur”

  • reddour
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →