Where does “attainer” come from?
attainer (English) comes from English attain, from Middle English atteinen, from Anglo-Norman ataindre, from Latin attingo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
attainer (English): One who attains
Ancestry of “attainer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | attain | To gain; To reach or come to, by progression or... |
| 2 | Middle English | atteinen | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | ataindre | to reach |
| 4 | Latin | attingo | I come in contact with, touch; I assault; strike,... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |