Where does “examiner” come from?
Examiner comes from English examine, derived from Latin examinare, built from the root ago meaning "to drive or do" combined with the suffix -men.
examiner (English): A person who investigates someone or something; A...
Definitions
- A person who investigates someone or something; A...
Ancestry of “examiner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | examine | to observe or inspect carefully or critically; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | examinen | — |
| 3 | Old French | examiner | to question; to torture; to consider; to ponder;... |
| 4 | Latin | examino | I weigh or consider; I examine |
| 5 | Latin | examen | swarm of bees; crowd; tongue of a balance; a... |
| 6 | Latin | exagmen | — |
| 7 | Latin | agō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
Words derived from “examiner”