The story
- Latin · derived fromarcus“bow”
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*arcārius
- Old French · derived fromarchier
- Middle English · inherited fromarcher
- English todayarcher
from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English sċytta.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.