Where does “smoker” come from?
Smoker derives from English smoke plus the agent suffix -er, ultimately from Latin -ārius, an extension of the infinitive suffix -āre, which came from Proto-Italic -os.
smoker (English): A person who smokes tobacco habitually; A smoking...
Definitions
- A person who smokes tobacco habitually; A smoking...
Ancestry of “smoker”, step by step
smoker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English smoke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | smoke | The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine... |
| 2 | Middle English | smoke | smoke |
| 3 | Old English | smoca | smoke |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | smukô | smoke, nebulous air |
| 5 | Danish | smug- | secretly |
via Low German smöken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low German | smöken | to smoke |