Where does “wordsawere” come from?

wordsawere (Old English) comes from Old English sāwere, 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).

wordsawere (Old English): a word-sower; one who disseminates ideas

Definitions

  1. a word-sower; one who disseminates ideas

Ancestry of “wordsawere”, step by step

wordsawere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sāwere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsāwerea sower
2Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Old English worð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishworðword
2Proto-Germanic*word—
3Proto-Germanicwurdąword
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old English -ere →