Where does “surveyor” come from?

Surveyor comes from Anglo-Norman surveour, from Old French -our, a suffix forming agent nouns from verbs.

surveyor (English): A person occupied with surveying -- the process...

Definitions

  1. A person occupied with surveying -- the process...

Ancestry of “surveyor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsurveyourAn overseer, superintendent, or supervisor
2Anglo-Normansurveourinspector; overseer
3Old Frenchsorveor

Words derived from “surveyor

Every word from Old French sorveorEvery word from Anglo-Norman surveourEvery word from Middle English surveyour
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