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calefacere
Latin · ancient
"to make warm"
to make warm, from calere (to be warm) and facere (to make)
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chauffer
French · medieval
"to heat"
to heat, from calefacere, later applied to the person who stoked an early steam-powered car's engine
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chauffeur
French · 1890s
"a hired driver of a motor car"
one who heats, applied to the driver who operated the earliest motor cars
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chauffeur
English · 1899
"a person employed to drive a private motor vehicle"
adopted directly for a person employed to drive a private car
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