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Where does “šoférsky preukaz” come from?

šoférsky preukaz (Slovak) comes from Slovak šoférsky, 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.

šoférsky preukaz (Slovak): driver's license

Definitions

  1. driver's license

Ancestry of “šoférsky preukaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovakšoférskyrelated to a driver
2Slovakšoféra driver, one who drives a car, a streetcar or a...
3Frenchchauffeurstoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur
4Frenchchaufferto heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice...
5Middle Frenchchauffer—
6Old FrenchchaufferAlternative form of chaufer
7Old Frenchchauferto heat; to heat up; to warm
8Vulgar Latincalefare—
9Latincalefaciō—
10Latinfaciō—
11Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
12Latin-tōrius—
13Latin-tor-er
14Proto-Italic-tōr—
15Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
16Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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