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Where does “repairer” come from?

repairer (French) comes from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

repairer (French): to go home

Definitions

  1. to go home

Ancestry of “repairer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrepairierto go home
2Late Latinrepatriareto return to one's country; return to one's...
3Latinpatriacountry; fatherland; home; nominative feminine...
4Latinpatriusfather's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;...
5Latiniūs—
6Latindīcō—
7Latin-tiō—
8Latindissertātiō—
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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