Where does “bathers” come from?
Bathers comes from English bathe, formed with the agent suffix -er from Old French, ultimately deriving from Latin -āre, the infinitive ending of verbs like those formed with -ārius, tracing back to Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁-.
bathers (English): plural of bather; A swimsuit; a bathing costume
Definitions
- plural of bather; A swimsuit; a bathing costume
Ancestry of “bathers”, step by step
bathers traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bather
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bather | One who bathes or swims; One who gives a bath to... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English bathing costume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bathing costume | The clothes that one wears when bathing in the... |