Etymology

answerer

ans·wer·er
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Today it means: A person who, or thing that, answers or responds. Full definition →

English answer ← Middle English answeren ← Old English andswerian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*swer-
  5. Proto-Germanic*swarjaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*andaswarjaną
  7. Old Englishandswerian
  8. Middle Englishansweren
  9. Englishanswer
  10. English todayanswerer

From answer + -er.

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