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Where does “lodger” come from?

Lodger comes from English lodge plus the agent suffix -er, derived from Old French -er, from Latin -āre and Latin -ārius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewp-.

lodger (English): A person who lodges in another's house

Definitions

  1. A person who lodges in another's house

Ancestry of “lodger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlodgeA building for recreational use such as a hunting...
2FrenchlogerTo lodge, to stay, to be lodging; To find a...
3Middle Frenchlogierto lodge
4Old Frenchlogier—
5Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
6Latin-āre—
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “lodger”

  • lodgerless
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