Etymology

offeror

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Today it means: One who makes an offer to another; someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection. Full definition →

English offer ← Middle English of ← Old English of
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Germanic*ab
  4. Proto-West Germanic*ab
  5. Old Englishæf
  6. Old Englishof
  7. Middle Englishof
  8. Englishoff
  9. Englishoffer
  10. English todayofferor

From offer + -or.

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