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Where does “chauffer” come from?

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

chauffer (Old French): Alternative form of chaufer

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of chaufer

Ancestry of “chauffer”, step by step

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