Where does “examiner” come from?
examiner (Old French) comes from Latin examino, from Latin examen, from Latin exagmen, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
examiner (Old French): to question; to torture; to consider; to ponder;...
Definitions
- to question; to torture; to consider; to ponder;...
Ancestry of “examiner”, step by step
examiner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin examino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | examino | I weigh or consider; I examine |
| 2 | Latin | examen | swarm of bees; crowd; tongue of a balance; a... |
| 3 | Latin | exagmen | — |
| 4 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Latin exāmināre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exāmināre | — |