Etymology

carrier

car·ri·er
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Today it means: A person or object that carries someone or something else. Full definition →

Middle English cariere ← Anglo-Norman carier, cariour
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The story

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcarier, cariour
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcariere
  3. English todaycarrier

From Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er.

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