Where does “tanner” come from?
Tanner comes from Middle English tannare, from Old English tannare, combining tan with the Old English agentive suffix -ere, derived from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -arius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós.
tanner (English): A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or...
Definitions
- A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or...
Ancestry of “tanner”, step by step