Where does “echauffieren” come from?
echauffieren (German) comes from French échauffer, from Middle French eschauffer, from Old French eschaufer, from Vulgar Latin *excalfāre, from Latin excalfaciō, from Latin calfaciō, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō.
echauffieren (German): to get steamed, to get excited
Definitions
- to get steamed, to get excited
Ancestry of “echauffieren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | échauffer | to overheat; to excite, incite; to inflame |
| 2 | Middle French | eschauffer | to heat; to heat up |
| 3 | Old French | eschaufer | to heat; to warm |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *excalfāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | excalfaciō | to warm, heat |
| 6 | Latin | calfaciō | — |
| 7 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |