Where does “catour” come from?
catour (Middle English) comes from Middle English acatour, from Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin accaptare, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
catour (Middle English): acater, provisioner
Ancestry of “catour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | acatour | acater |
| 2 | Old French | acheter | to purchase; buy |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | accaptare | — |
| 4 | Latin | acceptō | — |
| 5 | Latin | accipiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “catour”