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Where does “leaner” come from?

Leaner comes from English lean, Icelandic leyna, Old French -er, Latin -are, Latin -arius, and Proto-Indo-European ḱley- and ḱel-.

leaner (English): comparative form of lean: more lean; One who...

Definitions

  1. comparative form of lean: more lean; One who...

Ancestry of “leaner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishleanTo incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical...
2EnglishgasolineA flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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