Etymology
1. c.1325, "to heat, rub with the hands to make warm," from O.Fr.
chaufer, from V.L.
*calefare, from L.
calefacere "to make hot, make warm," from
calere "be warm" (see calorie) +
facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Sense of "make sore by rubbing" first recorded 1526.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
5. Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti
6. Proto-Italic *kalēō
7. Latin caleō
8. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
9. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
10. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
11. Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
12. Proto-Italic *θakjō
13. Proto-Italic *fakjō
14. Latin faciō
15. Latin calefaciō
16. Classical Latin calfaciō
17. Vulgar Latin *calfō
18. Old French chauferbor.
19. Middle English chaufen
20. English chafe
21. Inherited from Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron. See: Middle English '
chaufen', Middle English '
chaufen', Old French '
chaufer', Latin '
calefaciō'.
Verbs referencing "chafe"
Valencian
escalfar, Spanish
escalfar.