Where does “recruiter” come from?
Recruiter comes from English recruit, from French recruter (to recruit), from French recrue (new soldier), from Latin recrescere (to grow again), ultimately from Latin crescere (to grow) with the prefix re-.
recruiter (English): Agent noun of recruit; one who recruits,...
Definitions
- Agent noun of recruit; one who recruits,...
Ancestry of “recruiter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 2 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 3 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |