Where does “delver” come from?
delver (Dutch) comes from Middle English delvere, from Old English delfere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
delver (Dutch): a delver, a digger, an excavator
Definitions
- a delver, a digger, an excavator
Ancestry of “delver”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | delvere | A delver, digger, or excavator; An... |
| 2 | Old English | delfere | a digger |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |