Etymology

learner

learn·er
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Today it means: One who is learning; one receiving instruction. Full definition →

English learn ← Middle English lernen ← Old English leornian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leys-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(le-)lóys-e
  3. Proto-Germanic*lizaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*liʀnōn
  5. Old Englishleornian
  6. Middle Englishlernen
  7. Englishlearn
  8. English todaylearner

From learn + -er.

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