Where does “frihtere” come from?

frihtere (Old English) comes 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).

frihtere (Old English): A soothsayer, diviner

Definitions

  1. A soothsayer, diviner

Ancestry of “frihtere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
2Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old English -ere →