Etymology

finder

find·er
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Today it means: One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer. Full definition →

Middle English fyndere ← Old English findan ← Proto-West Germanic *finþan
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finder · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pent-
  2. Proto-Germanic*finþaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*finþan
  4. Old Englishfindan
  5. Middle Englishfynden
  6. Middle Englishfyndere
  7. English todayfinder

Inherited from Middle English fyndere, from fynden (“to find”) + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). By surface analysis, find + -er.

Finder · proper noun2

  1. German · borrowed fromFinder
  2. English todayFinder

Borrowed from German Finder.

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