French word chauffer comes from Latin calere, Latin facere, and later Latin calefacio (I rouse or excite. I warm or heat.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| calere | Latin (lat) | |
| facere | Latin (lat) | |
| calefacio | Latin (lat) | I rouse or excite. I warm or heat. |
| *calefare | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| chaufer | Old French (fro) | To heat; to heat up; to warm. |
| chauffer | Middle French (frm) | |
| chauffer | French (fra) | (slang) to tease, to entice sexually, to arouse. To heat, to warm, to warm up. |