Where does “шофериште” come from?
шофериште (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian шофер, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō.
Ancestry of “шофериште”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macedonian | шофер | chauffeur |
| 2 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 3 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 4 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 5 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 6 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 8 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |