Where does “nailer” come from?

nailer (English) comes from Middle English nayler, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

nailer (English): One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail...

Definitions

  1. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail...

Ancestry of “nailer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishnaylerA manufacturer of nails
2Middle English-ereer
3Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “nailer”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Middle English -ere →