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Where does “grievancer” come from?

grievancer (English) comes from English grievance, from Old French grievance, from Old French grevance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

grievancer (English): One who occasions a grievance, or gives ground...

Definitions

  1. One who occasions a grievance, or gives ground...

Ancestry of “grievancer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrievanceSomething which causes grief; A wrong or hardship...
2Old FrenchgrievanceAlternative form of grevance
3Old Frenchgrevancechagrin; disappointment; pain; suffering;...
4Old French-ance-ance
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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