Where does “drecëur” come from?
drecëur (Old French) comes from Old French drecier, from Vulgar Latin directiare, from Latin dīrectus, from Latin dīrigō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
drecëur (Old French): dresser, large item of furniture
Definitions
- dresser, large item of furniture
Ancestry of “drecëur”, step by step
drecëur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French drecier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | drecier | to stand up; to get on one's feet |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | directiare | — |
| 3 | Latin | dīrectus | laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines |
| 4 | Latin | dīrigō | to lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts) |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Old French eür
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | eür | Alternative form of eur |
| 2 | Latin | augurium | augury; divination, prediction; omen, portent |
| 3 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 4 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |