Where does “archer” come from?

archer (French) comes from Old French archier, from Latin arcārius, from Latin arcuārius, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

archer (French): archer one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow

Definitions

  1. archer one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow

Ancestry of “archer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencharchierarcher
2Latinarcārius
3Latinarcuāriusbow
4Latinarcusarc, arch; bow; rainbow
5Latinsoliumseat, chair; throne, chair of state, official...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansodyom
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “archer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sodyomEvery word from Latin solium