Where does “voyeur” come from?
voyeur (French) comes from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
voyeur (French): observer; watcher; voyeur, peeping tom
Definitions
- observer; watcher; voyeur, peeping tom
Ancestry of “voyeur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 2 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |