Where does “taxisofőr” come from?
taxisofőr (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sofőr, from German Chauffeur, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare.
taxisofőr (Hungarian): cabdriver, taxi driver, cabbie, cabman
Definitions
- cabdriver, taxi driver, cabbie, cabman
Ancestry of “taxisofőr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | sofőr | chauffeur, driver |
| 2 | German | Chauffeur | A person employed to drive a private or hired... |
| 3 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 4 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 5 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 6 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 7 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 9 | Latin | calefaciō | — |
| 10 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 11 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 12 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 13 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |