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Where does “torpiller” come from?

torpiller (French) comes from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

torpiller (French): to torpedo

Definitions

  1. to torpedo

Ancestry of “torpiller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “torpiller”

  • torpillage
Every word from Old French -ier →