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Where does “thinker” come from?

Thinker derives from Middle English thinkere, an agent noun formed from the verb think.

thinker (English): One who spends time thinking, contemplating or...

Definitions

  1. One who spends time thinking, contemplating or...

Ancestry of “thinker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthinkere—

Words derived from “thinker”

  • freethinker
  • nonthinker
  • unthinker
Every word from Middle English thinkere →