Where does “indenter” come from?

Indenter comes from English indent, from Chinese 兒, from Old French -er, from Latin -are, from Latin -arius, from Latin -us, from Proto-Italic -os.

indenter (English): A device or program that indents

Definitions

  1. A device or program that indents

Ancestry of “indenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
2Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
3Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
4Latin-ārefirst conjugation
5Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she

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