Where does “ファイター” come from?

ファイター (Japanese) comes from English fighter, from Middle English fightere, from Old English feohtere, 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).

ファイター (Japanese): fighter person, military aircraft

Definitions

  1. fighter person, military aircraft

Ancestry of “ファイター”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfighterA person who fights; a combatant; A warrior;...
2Middle EnglishfightereA soldier or combatant; a person in combat
3Old Englishfeohterefighter, warrior
4Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-āriuser
8Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Old English -ere