Where does “withdrawer” come from?
withdrawer (English) comes from English withdraw, from Middle English withdrawen, from Middle English drawen, from Old English draġan, from Proto-West Germanic dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
withdrawer (English): One who withdraws
Definitions
- One who withdraws
Ancestry of “withdrawer”, step by step
withdrawer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English withdraw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | withdraw | To pull back, aside, or away; To stop talking... |
| 2 | Middle English | withdrawen | to draw away, draw back |
| 3 | Middle English | drawen | To pull, move or draw away; To draw, push, or... |
| 4 | Old English | draġan | to draw, drag |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | dragan | to haul, to carry |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |