Where does “cabotor” come from?

cabotor (Romanian) comes from French caboteur, from French caboter, from French -oter, from Middle French -oter, from Old French -oter, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.

cabotor (Romanian): a cabotage ship, coaster

Definitions

  1. a cabotage ship, coaster

Ancestry of “cabotor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcaboteurcoaster
2Frenchcaboterto coast; to transport goods or passenger, to...
3French-oterForming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive...
4Middle French-oter
5Old French-oter
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
8Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
9Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
10Latin-ārefirst conjugation
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
15Chichewaiyehe, she
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