Where does “doerless” come from?
doerless (English) comes from English doer, from Middle English doer, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
doerless (English): Not involving a doer
Definitions
- Not involving a doer
Ancestry of “doerless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doer | Someone who does, performs, or executes; an... |
| 2 | Middle English | doer | doer, agent; offender; cause, reason |
| 3 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |