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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”

  • underbidder
  • rebidder
  • nonbidder
  • bybidder
Every word from Middle Dutch biddere →