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Where does “user” come from?

user (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic unseraz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

user (Old English): our

Definitions

  1. our

Ancestry of “user”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicunserazour, ours; 1st person plural possessive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “user”

  • hours
  • hour
  • ours
  • hourly
  • whore
  • hoary
  • hoar
  • hourglass
  • ourself
  • ourn
  • whoreson
  • whorish
  • hourlong
  • whoremonger
  • hoariness
  • manwhore
  • whoremongering
  • multihour
  • whorishness
  • hourless
  • hourglassing
  • hourslong
  • whorey
  • hoared
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