Where does “lawclerk” come from?
lawclerk (English) comes from English Law, from English speaker, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
Ancestry of “lawclerk”, step by step
lawclerk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Law
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Law | perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound |
| 2 | English | speaker | One who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone |
| 3 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English clerk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clerk | One who occupationally works with records,... |
| 2 | Middle English | clerc | a clergyman, usually in Christianity |
| 3 | Old English | clerc | clergyman, clerk |
| 4 | Latin | clēricus | a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κληρικός | of or pertaining to clergy; clerical; clergyman |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |