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

  1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or...

Ancestry of “tanner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtannere—
2Old Englishtannereone who tans hides; tanner
3Old Englishtannianto tan
4Latintannare—
Every word from Latin tannare →Every word from Old English tannian →Every word from Old English tannere →