Where does “follower” come from?
Follower comes from Middle English folwer, from Old English folgere, combining Old English folg- with the agent suffix -ere, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, ultimately derived from Latin -arius and Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-.
follower (English): One who follows, comes after another; Something...
Definitions
- One who follows, comes after another; Something...
Ancestry of “follower”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | folwer | — |
| 2 | Old English | folgere | follower, attendant, disciple |
| 3 | Old English | folġian | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folgēn | to follow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulgāną | to follow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “follower”