Where does “ferraxe” come from?
ferraxe (Galician) comes from French ferrage, from French ferrer, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
ferraxe (Galician): shoeing
Definitions
- shoeing
Ancestry of “ferraxe”, step by step
ferraxe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French ferrage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ferrage | shoeing |
| 2 | French | ferrer | to clad in iron (transitive), to be clad in iron (intransitive) |
| 3 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 4 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Galician forraxe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | forraxe | fodder, forage |
| 2 | French | fourrage | forage, fodder |
| 3 | Middle French | fourage | food; nourishment |
| 4 | Old French | fourage | animal fodder; food; nourishment |
| 5 | Old French | fuerre | hay |
| 6 | Frankish | fōdar | fodder, sheath |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fōdrą | fodder; sheath |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fōdô | food, nourishment |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pat- | to feed; path; to go |