Where does “Hunter” come from?
Hunter derives from Middle English hunter, from the Middle English agent suffix -er added to Middle English hunt, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre (infinitive suffix), from Latin -ārius (agent suffix), ultimately from Latin -us (nominative masculine singular ending).
Ancestry of “Hunter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | huntere | — |
| 2 | Middle English | hunten | to hunt |
| 3 | Cimbrian | hunt | dog |
| 4 | Middle High German | hunt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
Words derived from “Hunter”