Where does “suffrager” come from?
suffrager (English) comes from English suffrage, from Middle English suffrage, from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin suffragium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
suffrager (English): A person who campaigns for the right to vote
Definitions
- A person who campaigns for the right to vote
Ancestry of “suffrager”, step by step
suffrager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suffrage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suffrage | The right or chance to vote, express an opinion,... |
| 2 | Middle English | suffrage | prayers or pleas on behalf of another |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | suffragium | voting tablet; vote; judgement |
| 4 | Latin | suffragium | voting tablet; vote; judgement |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |