Where does “cleyere” come from?

cleyere (Middle English) comes 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).

cleyere (Middle English): An individual who works with clay

Definitions

  1. An individual who works with clay

Ancestry of “cleyere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-ereer
2Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
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