Where does “issuer” come from?
Issuer comes from English issue, derived from Old French -er and Latin -are, ultimately from Latin ex meaning "out."
issuer (English): One who issues, emits, or publishes
Definitions
- One who issues, emits, or publishes
Ancestry of “issuer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | issue | The action or an instance of flowing or coming... |
| 2 | Middle English | issue | Exit, departure; the act of leaving or going out |
| 3 | Old French | issue | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 4 | Old French | issir | to leave, to go out; to get out; to escape |
| 5 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 6 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |