Where does “ratepayer” come from?
ratepayer (English) comes from English payer, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
ratepayer (English): Someone who pays for utility service
Definitions
- Someone who pays for utility service
Ancestry of “ratepayer”, step by step
ratepayer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English payer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | payer | One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English rate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rate | The worth of something; value; The proportional... |
| 2 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 3 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 4 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 5 | Old French | rat | rat rodent |
| 6 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |