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Where does “looker” come from?

Looker comes from English look with the agent suffix -er, derived from Old French -er, from Latin -āre (infinitive marker) and -ārius (denoting an agent or practitioner), ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.

looker (English): One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher;...

Definitions

  1. One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher;...

Ancestry of “looker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLook—
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
4Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
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 “looker”

  • underlooker
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