Where does “yvel doer” come from?
yvel doer (Middle English) comes from Middle English doer, 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).
yvel doer (Middle English): evildoer
Definitions
- evildoer
Ancestry of “yvel doer”, step by step
yvel doer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English doer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | doer | doer, agent; offender; cause, reason |
| 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) |