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Where does “chauffer” come from?

chauffer (Middle French) comes from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

Ancestry of “chauffer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchchaufferAlternative form of chaufer
2Old Frenchchauferto heat; to heat up; to warm
3Vulgar Latincalefare—
4Latincalefaciō—
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “chauffer”

  • chauffeur
  • chauffer
  • chauffeuse
  • chauffeurless
  • chauffeuress
  • chauffeurship
  • chofer
  • шофер
  • шофёр
  • chauffard
  • préchauffage
  • chauffeur
  • chauffage
  • chauffer
  • chauffagiste
  • chauffeuse
  • chauffoir
  • chaufferette
  • Chauffeur
  • chofer
  • xofer
  • buschauffeur
  • chauffeur
  • chaufför
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