Etymology

developer

de·vel·op·er
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Today it means: A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products. Full definition →

English develop ← French développer ← Middle French desveloper
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*werb-
  8. Proto-Germanic*wrappan-
  9. Vulgar Latin*vlopp-
  10. Old Frenchveloper
  11. Middle Frenchdesveloper
  12. Frenchdévelopper
  13. Englishdevelop
  14. English todaydeveloper

From develop + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.