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Etymology of the English word cabdriver

the English word cabdriver
derived from the English word cab
derived from the English word cabriolet
derived from the French word cabriolet
derived from the French word cabrioler
derived from the French word capriole
derived from the Old Italian word capriola
derived from the Old Italian word capriolo
derived from the Latin word capreolus (young roe-deer; wild goat, chamois)
derived from the Latin word capra (she-goat, nanny-goat)
derived from the Latin word caper (he-goat, billy-goat; goatish)
derived from the English word driver
derived from the English word drive
derived from the English word driven
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhreibh-
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *dribanan
using the English suffix -er
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-arjaz
using the Latin suffix -arius (-ar)

Derivations in English

cabby

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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