Where does “Digger” come from?

Digger (English) comes from Middle English dyggar, from Middle English -ere, 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).

Digger (English): A soldier from Australia or New Zealand; One of a...

Definitions

  1. A soldier from Australia or New Zealand; One of a...

Ancestry of “Digger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdyggardigger
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 “Digger”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Middle English -ere →