Where does “Barker” come from?

Barker is derived from Middle English barker, formed with the Middle English agent suffix -er from Old French -er, itself from Latin -are, which traces to Latin -arius and ultimately to Proto-Italic -os.

Barker (English): Someone or something who barks

Definitions

  1. Someone or something who barks

Ancestry of “Barker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbarkertanner, barker
2Middle English-ereer
3Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “Barker

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios