Where does “raider” come from?
Raider derives from English raid plus the agent suffix -er, ultimately tracing through Old French -er, Latin -āre (infinitive marker), and Latin -ārius (agent noun suffix denoting one who performs an action).
raider (English): One who engages in a raid; a plunderer; A person...
Definitions
- One who engages in a raid; a plunderer; A person...
Ancestry of “raider”, step by step
raider traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rīder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rīder | — |
| 2 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 3 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 4 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 5 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 6 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 7 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English raid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 2 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 3 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 4 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reyH- | to move, set in motion |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃er- | to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,... |