Etymology

looker

look·er
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Today it means: One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher; an observer. Full definition →

English look ← Middle English loken ← Old English lōcian
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*lōkōn
  2. Old Englishlōcian
  3. Middle Englishloken
  4. Englishlook
  5. English todaylooker

From look + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.