Where does “doer” come from?
Doer comes from Middle English doer, formed with the Middle English agent suffix -er from Old French -er, itself from Latin -āre verbal infinitives and Latin -ārius, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁- meaning "to do or place" and Proto-Italic -os.
doer (English): Someone who does, performs, or executes; an...
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- Someone who does, performs, or executes; an...
Ancestry of “doer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | doer | doer, agent; offender; cause, reason |
| 2 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |