Where does “helpere” come from?

helpere (Middle English) comes from Old English helpere, from Proto-West Germanic helpārī, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Ancestry of “helpere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhelperehelper
2Proto-West Germanichelpārīhelper
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “helpere

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz