Where does “repere” come from?

repere (Middle English) comes from Old English rīpere, 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).

repere (Middle English): reaper, harvester

Definitions

  1. reaper, harvester

Ancestry of “repere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrīperereaper
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)

Words derived from “repere”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old English -ere →