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Where does “adulterer” come from?

Adulterer comes from English adulter, Chinese 兒, Old French -er, Latin -are, Latin -are, Latin -arius, Latin -arius, and Proto-Italic -os.

adulterer (English): One who commits adultery: a spouse who has sex...

Definitions

  1. One who commits adultery: a spouse who has sex...

Ancestry of “adulterer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadulterTo commit adultery; To pollute something; to...
2English-essSuffix appended to words to make a female...
3French-esseused to form nouns describing the condition of...
4Italian-essa-ess
5Portuguese-esafeminine singular of -ês
6Spanish-esafeminine singular of -és
7Spanish-ésForms nouns and adjectives of nationality;...
8Spanishpolíticapolitics; policy; female equivalent of político
9Spanishpolíticopolitical; in-law; politician
10Latinpolīticus—
11Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
12Swedishpolitikpolitics
13Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
14Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
15Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
16Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
17Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—

Words derived from “adulterer”

  • adulteress
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