chauffeur.
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
Meaning & usage
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
The driver of a fire truck.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chaufer Middle French chauffer French chauffer Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -(ā)tōrem Old French -or Middle French -eur French -eur French chauffeurbor. English chauffeur Borrowed from French chauffeur.
To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chaufer Middle French chauffer French chauffer Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -(ā)tōrem Old French -or Middle French -eur French -eur French chauffeurbor. English chauffeur Borrowed from French chauffeur.
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