Where does “Lafette” come from?
Lafette (German) comes from French l'affût, from French affût, from Old French affeul, from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
Lafette (German): gun carriage
Definitions
- gun carriage
Ancestry of “Lafette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | l'affût | — |
| 2 | French | affût | gun carriage; mount, tripod; hide, blind |
| 3 | Old French | affeul | — |
| 4 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 5 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |