Etymology of the French word ingénieur
the French word
ingénieurderived from the English word
engineeringderived from the English word
engineerderived from the English word
enginerderived from the Old French word
engigneorderived from the Medieval Latin word
ingeniatorderived from the Medieval Latin word
ingeniarederived from the Latin word
ingenium (nature, innate quality; natural disposition; trick, clever device)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genə-using the English suffix
-ingDate
The earliest known usage of ingénieur in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
sous-ingénieur,
ingénierieCognates
Dutch
ingenieur, English
engineer, German
Ingenieur, Italian
ingegnere, Lithuanian
inžinierius, Norwegian
ingenior, Polish
inżynier, Russian
инженер, Swedish
ingenjör, Yiddish
inzhenir