Where does “Taxichauffeur” come from?
Taxichauffeur (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Chauffeur, from Luxembourgish Chauffer, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare.
Taxichauffeur (Luxembourgish): taxi driver
Definitions
- taxi driver
Ancestry of “Taxichauffeur”, step by step
Taxichauffeur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Chauffeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Chauffeur | Alternative form of Chauffer; driver |
| 2 | Luxembourgish | Chauffer | driver, chauffeur |
| 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 | to warm or heat |
| 10 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 11 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 12 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 13 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Dutch taxi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | taxi | A taxi |
| 2 | French | taxi | taxi; taxi driver; helicopter or plane used for... |
| 3 | German | Taxameter | taximeter |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | taxa | charge, assessment, tax; tax, charge;... |
| 5 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 8 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 9 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via Dutch chauffeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | chauffeur | driver |