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

Definitions

  1. One who crowdsources

Ancestry of “crowdsourcer”, step by step

crowdsourcer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English crowdsource

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrowdsourceTo delegate a task to a large, diffuse group
2EnglishsourceThe person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
3Middle EnglishsoursA source or origin; that which something originates from
4Old Frenchsorserise, beginning, spring, source
5Latinsurgeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatinsurgoI rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten
7LatinsubrigoI lift up, I straighten
8Latinregōto rule, govern, direct
9Proto-Italicregō
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵetiEvery word from Proto-Italic regō