Where does “crowdsourcer” come from?
crowdsourcer (English) comes from English crowdsource, from English source, from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
crowdsourcer (English): One who crowdsources
Ancestry of “crowdsourcer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | crowdsource | To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group |
| 2 | English | source | The person, place, or thing from which something ... |
| 3 | Middle English | sours | — |
| 4 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 5 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 8 | Latin | regō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |