Where does “telier” come from?
telier (Middle English) comes from Middle English tilier, 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).
telier (Middle English): Alternative form of tilier
Definitions
- Alternative form of tilier
Ancestry of “telier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tilier | An agriculturalist; a cultivator; A tiller; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |