Where does “readee” come from?

readee (English) comes from English read, from Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic rādan, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

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Definitions

  1. One who receives a psychic reading, such as a...

Ancestry of “readee”, step by step

readee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English read

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreadTo look at and interpret letters or other...
2Middle Englishredento counsel, advise; to study; to read
3Old Englishrǣdanto read, interpret; to counsel, advise; plot,...
4Proto-West Germanicrādanto advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,...
5Proto-Germanicrēdanąto decide, advise
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-