Etymology

feuterer

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Today it means: A keeper of dogs, especially of greyhounds. Full definition →

German Fütterer ← Old French vautrier ← Latin vertragus
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*uɸor-“over”
  2. Latin · derived fromvertragus
  3. Old French · derived fromvautrier
  4. German · derived fromFütterer“feeder”
  5. English todayfeuterer

Either from German Fütterer (“feeder”) (see füttern), or corrupted from Old French vautrier, vaultrier, from vaultre, viautre (“a kind of hound”), from Latin vertragus, vertraga (“a greyhound”). The last is of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor- (“over”) + *tregess (“foot”).

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