Where does “parishioner” come from?

Parishioner comes from Middle English parisshoner, formed with the Middle English agent suffix -er from Old French -er, Latin -are, and Latin -arius, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek οἶκος meaning house.

parishioner (English): A member of a parish

Definitions

  1. A member of a parish

Ancestry of “parishioner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishparisshonerparishioner
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 “parishioner”

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