Where does “stalker” come from?

stalker (Dutch) comes from English stalker, from Middle English stalkere, from Irish -aire, from Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

stalker (Dutch): stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)

Definitions

  1. stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)

Ancestry of “stalker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstalkerA person who engages in stalking, i.e. quietly...
2Middle Englishstalkere
3Irish-aire-er, -or
4Old Irish-aireAgentive affix, similar to English -er, -or
5Old French-aire
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios