Where does “Doudesaffer” come from?

Doudesaffer (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Affer, from German Affäre, from French affaire, from Old French afaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

Doudesaffer (Luxembourgish): fatality, victim

Definitions

  1. fatality, victim

Ancestry of “Doudesaffer”, step by step

Doudesaffer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Affer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishAffersacrifice; victim; offertory
2GermanAffäreaffair, business; affair, fling
3Frenchaffaireaffair, business; deal; belonging
4Old Frenchafairecharacter; disposition; situation; event;...
5Old Frenchfaireto do
6Latinfaciōto do
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōriusory
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German Todesopfer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTodesopfercasualty
2Germantōddeath
3Middle High Germantōt
4Old High Germantōtdead
5Proto-West Germanicdauddead
6Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
7Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós

via Luxembourgish Doud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishDouddeath
2Old High Germantōddeath, cessation of life
3Proto-West Germanicdauþudeath
4Proto-Germanicdauþuzdeath
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰówtus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor