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

Every word from Middle English thinkere
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