Where does “shooter” come from?

Shooter comes from Middle English schoter, from Old English sċēotere, an agent noun meaning "one who shoots."

shooter (English): Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer...

Definitions

  1. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer...

Ancestry of “shooter”, step by step

shooter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shoot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshootTo launch a projectile; To move or act quickly or...
2Middle Englishshoten—
3Old Englishsċēotanto shoot
4Proto-West Germanicskeutanto shoot
5Proto-Germanicskeutanąto shoot
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel

via Middle English schoter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishschoter—
2Old Englishsċēotereshooter

Words derived from “shooter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeutaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skeutan →