Etymology of the English word chauffeur
the English word
chauffeurderived from the French word
chauffeurderived from the French word
chaufferderived from the Old French word
chauferderived from the Classical Latin word
calefacere (make warm, hot)
derived from the Latin word
calere (be, feel, be kept warm)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kelə-derived from the Vulgar Latin root
*calefarederived from the Classical Latin word
calefacere (make warm, hot)
derived from the Latin word
calere (be, feel, be kept warm)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kelə-Date
The earliest known usage of chauffeur in English dates from the 20th century.
Cognates
Dutch
chauffeur, French
chauffeur, German
Chauffeur, German
Kalfakter, Lithuanian
šoferis, Norwegian
sjofor, Russian
шoфëp, Swedish
chaufförUsage
Word found in Modern English
