Where does “vapeur” come from?

vapeur (French) comes from French bateau à vapeur — steamboat.

vapeur (French): steam; vapour; steamship

Definitions

  1. steam; vapour; steamship

Ancestry of “vapeur”, step by step

vapeur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bateau à vapeur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbateau à vapeursteamboat

via Latin vapōr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvapōrsteam, exhalation, vapour; smoke

Words derived from “vapeur”

Every word from French bateau à vapeur →