Where does “discoverer” come from?
Discoverer comes from Old French descovrir, from Latin com- "with" and -arius "one who," ultimately from Latin -are, a verbal suffix.
discoverer (English): One who discovers: a person who has discovered...
Definitions
- One who discovers: a person who has discovered...
Ancestry of “discoverer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | discover | To find or learn something for the first time; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | discoveren | — |
| 3 | Old French | descovrir | to uncover, to reveal; to discover |
| 4 | Latin | discoperīre | — |
| 5 | Latin | discooperiō | to expose, lay bare |
| 6 | Latin | cooperiō | to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |