Where does “vaurien” come from?

vaurien (French) comes from French rien, from Middle French rien, from Old French rien, from Latin rem, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

vaurien (French): good-for-nothing person regarded as useless or worthless

Definitions

good-for-nothing person regarded as useless or worthless

Ancestry of “vaurien”, step by step

vaurien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French rien

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	rien	nothing; anything
2	Middle French	rien	thing
3	Old French	rien	thing; object; being; creature; thing
4	Latin	rem	accusative singular of rēs
5	Latin	rēs	thing, object, stuff
6	Latin	vindicatio	civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
7	Latin	vindicō	to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
8	Latin	vindex	claimant, vindicator
9	Latin	dīcō	to say, talk, speak, utter, mention
10	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
11	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
12	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
13	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
14	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
15	Latin	calceus	shoe
16	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
17	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via French vaut

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	vaut	third-person singular present indicative of...

Words derived from “vaurien”

voryen

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