Where does “magsapiyul” come from?
magsapiyul (Tausug) comes from Tausug sapiyul, from Malay sopir, from Dutch chauffeur, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer.
magsapiyul (Tausug): to drive a vehicle
Definitions
- to drive a vehicle
Ancestry of “magsapiyul”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tausug | sapiyul | chauffeur |
| 2 | Malay | sopir | see sopir; driver |
| 3 | Dutch | chauffeur | driver |
| 4 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 5 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 6 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 7 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 8 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 10 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 11 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 12 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 13 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 14 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |