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Where does “truncheoneer” come from?

truncheoneer (English) comes from English -eer, from Dutch -eren, from Middle Dutch -eren, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

truncheoneer (English): A person armed with a truncheon

Definitions

  1. A person armed with a truncheon

Ancestry of “truncheoneer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-eerUsed to create an agent noun denoting someone...
2Dutch-erenforms the plural of a limited group of nouns:...
3Middle Dutch-eren—
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Latin-āre—
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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