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Where does “strutter” come from?

strutter (English) comes from Middle English stroutere, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

strutter (English): someone who struts

Definitions

  1. someone who struts

Ancestry of “strutter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishstroutere—
2Middle English-ere—
3Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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