Where does “roper” come from?

roper (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).

roper (Middle English): A maker or seller of rope

Definitions

  1. A maker or seller of rope

Ancestry of “roper”, 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)

Words derived from “roper”

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