Where does “belonger” come from?

belonger (English) comes from English belong, from Middle English belongen, from Middle English be-, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.

belonger (English): One who belongs; a member; One who has close ties...

Definitions

  1. One who belongs; a member; One who has close ties...

Ancestry of “belonger”, step by step

belonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English belong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbelongTo have its proper place; To be part of, or the...
2Middle Englishbelongen
3Middle Englishbe-
4Old Englishbe-a productive prefix usually used to form verbs...
5Old Englishhrōpanto shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry...
6Proto-West Germanichrōpanto cry out, to call, to shout
7Proto-Germanichrōpanąto cry out, call, shout
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
10Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

Words derived from “belonger

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-