Where does “ussher” come from?

ussher (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman usser, from Vulgar Latin ustiarius, from Latin ostiārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Ancestry of “ussher”, step by step

ussher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman usser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanusser—
2Vulgar Latinustiariusdoorkeeper
3Latinostiāriusof or pertaining to a door
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Old French ussier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchussierdoorman; doorkeeper
2Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “ussher”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin ostiārius →