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Where does “archere” come from?

archere (Middle English) 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-.

Ancestry of “archere”, step by step

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

Words derived from “archere”

  • archer
  • archerfish
  • archeress
  • archership
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