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Where does “sprinter” come from?

Sprinter comes from English sprint plus the agent noun suffix -er, with sprint itself deriving from Old French -er and Latin -are, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sper- meaning to move rapidly or scatter.

sprinter (English): One who sprints; Transition period between winter...

Definitions

  1. One who sprints; Transition period between winter...

Ancestry of “sprinter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsprintA short race at top speed; A burst of speed or...
2EnglishsprentTo leap; bound; move quickly; dart; simple past...
3Middle Englishsprengento sprinkle
4Old Englishsprenganto scatter something; to sprinkle something; to...
5Proto-West Germanic*sprangijan—
6Proto-Germanicsprangijanąto cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “sprinter”

  • Sprinter
  • спринтер
  • sprinter
  • sprinterica
  • sprinterka
  • sprinter
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