Etymology

pensioner

pen·sion·er
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Today it means: Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension. Full definition →

Middle English pensioner ← Anglo-Norman pensionner ← Old French pensionnier
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived frompēnsiōnārius
  2. Old French · derived frompensionnier
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived frompensionner
  4. Middle English · inherited frompensioner
  5. English todaypensioner

From Middle English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner and Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. By surface analysis, pension + -er.

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