Where does “treasurer” come from?
Treasurer comes from Old French tresorer, formed from the Old French agent suffix -er added to a Latin root in -arius, ultimately descending through Proto-Italic -os.
treasurer (English): The government official in charge of the...
Definitions
- The government official in charge of the...
Ancestry of “treasurer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tresorer | A treasurer official entrusted with an organisation or government's revenue |
| 2 | Old French | tresorer | treasurer |
| 3 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |