Etymology

carer

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Today it means: Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities. Full definition →

English care ← Middle English care ← Old English caru
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵeh₂r-
  2. Proto-Germanic*karō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*karu
  4. Old Englishcaru
  5. Middle Englishcare
  6. Englishcare
  7. English todaycarer

From care + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.