Etymograph

English

dormer

Dormer comes from Middle French dormoir ‘sleeping room’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *drem-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dr̥m-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dormiō‘to sleep’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormīre
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400dormir‘to sleep’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dormir‘to sleep’
  7. Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600dormoir‘sleeping room’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1904dormer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dr̥m-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dormiō‘to sleep’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormīre
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400dormir‘to sleep’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dormir‘to sleep’
  7. Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600dormoir‘sleeping room’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1904dormer

Earliest quotation: 1904, Winston Churchill, The Strange City: “Then we came to a high white wall that…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *drem-

syndrome, dromedary, 25 more

through Proto-Italic *dormiō ‘to sleep’

dormant, dormitory, 4 more

Today it means

noun A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *drem- / dormer

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