Where does “uritrottoir” come from?
uritrottoir (French) comes from French urinoir, from French urine, from Middle French urine, from Old French orine, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.
uritrottoir (French): a street urinal allowing men to urinate onto straw that becomes a form of compost
Definitions
- a street urinal allowing men to urinate onto straw that becomes a form of compost
Ancestry of “uritrottoir”, step by step
uritrottoir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French urinoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | urinoir | urinal |
| 2 | French | urine | urine; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Middle French | urine | urine |
| 4 | Old French | orine | urine; breeding; heritage |
| 5 | Latin | orīgō | commencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination |
| 6 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via French trottoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | trottoir | sidewalk, pavement, footpath paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians |
| 2 | French | trotter | to trot |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | trottare | — |
| 4 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trudaną | to tread, to step on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dreu- | tree; firm, solid, steadfast |