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Where does “stalkere” come from?

stalkere (Middle English) comes from Irish -aire, from Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Ancestry of “stalkere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-aire-er, -or
2Old Irish-aireAgentive affix, similar to English -er, -or
3Old French-aire—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “stalkere”

  • stalker
  • deerstalker
  • cyberstalker
  • stalkerish
  • stalkerlike
  • stalkerhood
  • deathstalker
  • Stalker
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