Where does “spinner” come from?
Spinner comes from Middle English -er, Old French -er, Latin -are, Latin -arius, and Proto-Italic -os, forming an agent noun from the base denoting rotation or rapid movement.
spinner (English): Agent noun of spin; someone or something who...
Definitions
- Agent noun of spin; someone or something who...
Ancestry of “spinner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | spynnere | A spinner; a person normally a woman who spins fibre as a job |
| 2 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |