Where does “welldoer” come from?
welldoer (English) comes from English doer, from Middle English doer, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
welldoer (English): One who does well; one who does good to another;...
Definitions
- One who does well; one who does good to another;...
Ancestry of “welldoer”, step by step
welldoer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English doer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doer | Someone who does, performs, or executes; an... |
| 2 | Middle English | doer | doer, agent; offender; cause, reason |
| 3 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via English well
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | well | Accurately, competently, satisfactorily;... |
| 2 | Middle English | wellen | to boil, to bubble |
| 3 | Old English | weallan | to well |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wallaną | to well up, spring out, bubble forth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |