Etymology

murderer

mur·der·er
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Today it means: A person who commits murder. Full definition →

Middle English murderere
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommurderere
  2. English todaymurderer

From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.