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Where does “puppeteer” come from?

Puppeteer comes from Middle French -ier, derived from Middle French -er, which developed from Latin -are, ultimately from Latin -arius and Latin -us.

puppeteer (English): A person who uses a puppet; Someone who is...

Definitions

  1. A person who uses a puppet; Someone who is...

Ancestry of “puppeteer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-eerUsed to create an agent noun denoting someone...
2Dutch-erenforms the plural of a limited group of nouns:...
3Middle Dutch-eren—
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Latin-āre—
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “puppeteer”

  • puppeteering
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