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Where does “steȝere” come from?

steȝere (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.

steȝere (Middle English): One who is mounted on an animal that serves as a...

Definitions

  1. One who is mounted on an animal that serves as a...

Ancestry of “steȝere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-ere—
2Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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