Where does “grazier” come from?
grazier (English) comes from Middle English grasiere, from Middle English -iere, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
grazier (English): One who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural...
Definitions
- One who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural...
Ancestry of “grazier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | grasiere | — |
| 2 | Middle English | -iere | — |
| 3 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |