Where does “bidder” come from?

Bidder comes from English bid, influenced by the Chinese 兒 suffix, Old French -er, and Latin -are, -arius, and -us, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.

bidder (English): Someone who bids, e.g. at an auction

Definitions

  1. Someone who bids, e.g. at an auction

Ancestry of “bidder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbiddere—

Words derived from “bidder”

Every word from Middle Dutch biddere →