Where does “pester” come from?

pester (Dutch) comes from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

pester (Dutch): A person who bullies or pesters somebody

Definitions

  1. A person who bullies or pesters somebody

Ancestry of “pester”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
2Old Dutch-āri—
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Dutch -er →
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