Where does “šoférsky” come from?
šoférsky (Slovak) comes from Slovak šofér, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō.
šoférsky (Slovak): related to a driver
Ancestry of “šoférsky”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Slovak | šofér | a driver, one who drives a car, a streetcar or a... |
| 2 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 3 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 4 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 5 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 6 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 8 | Latin | calefaciō | — |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “šoférsky”