Where does “engagor” come from?
engagor (English) comes from English engagé, from Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier, from Old French gage, from Frankish waddī, from Latin wadium, from Frankish wadi, from Proto-Germanic wadją — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...
engagor (English): Alternative form of engager
Definitions
- Alternative form of engager
Ancestry of “engagor”, step by step
engagor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English engagé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engagé | Someone serving under a contract of engagement;... |
| 2 | Middle English | engagen | — |
| 3 | Old French | engagier | to use as a guarantee |
| 4 | Old French | gage | wage; payment |
| 5 | Frankish | waddī | — |
| 6 | Latin | wadium | pledge; legal contract; marriage contract |
| 7 | Frankish | wadi | wager, stake, pledge |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wadją | wager, stake, pledge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wedʰ- | to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to... |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |