Where does “busschaffis” come from?
busschaffis (Swedish) comes from Swedish chaffis, from Swedish chaufför, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare.
busschaffis (Swedish): bus driver
Definitions
- bus driver
Ancestry of “busschaffis”, step by step
busschaffis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish chaffis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | chaffis | — |
| 2 | Swedish | chaufför | chauffeur, driver; fireman, stoker; the one who... |
| 3 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 4 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 5 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 6 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 7 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 9 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 10 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 11 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 12 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 13 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Swedish buss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | buss | like an old friend; command to a dog to attack:... |