Where does “tiller” come from?
Tiller comes from Middle English tilier, formed from the Middle English agentive suffix -er added to a verb root ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-, meaning to work or shape.
tiller (English): A person who tills; a farmer; A machine that...
Definitions
- A person who tills; a farmer; A machine that...
Ancestry of “tiller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tilier | An agriculturalist; a cultivator; A tiller; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |