Where does “defaulter” come from?
Defaulter comes from English default plus the agent suffix -er, ultimately from Latin -ārius, a suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, itself derived from Latin -us and Proto-Italic -os.
defaulter (English): one who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform...
Definitions
- one who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform...
Ancestry of “defaulter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | default | The condition of failing to meet an obligation;... |
| 2 | Middle English | defaute | lack, absence |
| 3 | Old French | defaute | lack; absence |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |