Where does “hirer” come from?
Hirer comes from English hire, ultimately derived from Latin -arius (agent suffix) and Proto-Indo-European ker- (to make or do).
hirer (English): Someone who hires, agent noun of hire
Definitions
- Someone who hires, agent noun of hire
Ancestry of “hirer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hire | Payment for the temporary use of something;... |
| 2 | Middle English | hire | Third-person singular feminine genitive... |
| 3 | Old English | hire | genitive/dative of hēo |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |