Where does “escalfar” come from?
escalfar (Old Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin *excalfāre, from Latin excalfaciō, from Latin calfaciō, from Latin calefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
Ancestry of “escalfar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *excalfāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | excalfaciō | to warm, heat |
| 3 | Latin | calfaciō | — |
| 4 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |