Where does “sapiyul” come from?
sapiyul (Tausug) comes from Malay sopir, from Dutch chauffeur, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare.
sapiyul (Tausug): chauffeur
Definitions
- chauffeur
Ancestry of “sapiyul”, step by step
sapiyul traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay sopir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | sopir | see sopir; driver |
| 2 | Dutch | chauffeur | driver |
| 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 English Chauffeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Chauffeur | A brigand belonging to the bands who, around... |
via Spanish chofer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chofer | chauffeur, driver |