Where does “suitor” come from?
Suitor comes from Middle English sutour, from Old French suytour, from Latin secutor meaning "follower," derived from the root sekʷ- meaning "to follow."
suitor (English): One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for...
Definitions
- One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for...
Ancestry of “suitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sutour | A believer in ideas; a member of a movement or a... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | suytour | follower; suitor; plaintiff; agent |
| 3 | Latin | secutor | follower, pursuer; secutor, a kind of light-armed... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |