Where does “villager” come from?
Villager comes from English village plus the agent suffix -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre (infinitive ending) and -ārius (agent noun suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
villager (English): A person who lives in, or comes from, a village;...
Definitions
- A person who lives in, or comes from, a village;...
Ancestry of “villager”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | village | A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a... |
| 2 | Middle English | village | — |
| 3 | Old French | village | — |
| 4 | Latin | villaticus | related to a vīlla |
| 5 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 6 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 7 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |