Where does “cuirasier” come from?
cuirasier (Romanian) comes from French cuirassier, from Old French cuiracer, from Old French cuirace, from Italian corazza, from Late Latin coriacea, from Latin coriāceus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
cuirasier (Romanian): cuirassier
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Ancestry of “cuirasier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cuirassier | cuirassier |
| 2 | Old French | cuiracer | a make of cuirasses; cuirassier; solderied armed... |
| 3 | Old French | cuirace | cuirass |
| 4 | Italian | corazza | cuirass, breastplate; carapace; armour |
| 5 | Late Latin | coriacea | — |
| 6 | Latin | coriāceus | leather |
| 7 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |