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Where does “classifier” come from?

Classifier comes from French classifier, derived from French classe and the Latin verb-forming suffix -āre, ultimately from Latin faciō meaning "to make" and Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.

classifier (English): Someone who classifies; A word or morpheme used...

Definitions

  1. Someone who classifies; A word or morpheme used...

Ancestry of “classifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishclassifyto identify by or divide into classes; to...
2Frenchclassifierto classify
3Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
4Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
5Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
6Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
7Germanklassegreat, awesome
8Russianклассclass; grade ; form; classroom
9Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
10Proto-Italicklāssis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

Words derived from “classifier”

  • multiclassifier
  • metaclassifier
  • autoclassifier
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- →