Etymology

exerciser

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Today it means: A person who exercises. Full definition →

English exercise ← Middle English exercise ← Old French exercise
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erk-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂orkéyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*arkeō
  9. Latinarceō
  10. Latinexerceō
  11. Latinexercitium
  12. Old Frenchexercise
  13. Middle Englishexercise
  14. Englishexercise
  15. English todayexerciser

From exercise + -er.

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