Etymology

persecutor

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Today it means: A person or thing that persecutes or harasses. Full definition →

Middle English persecutour ← Old French persecutor ← Latin persecūtor
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  1. Latin · derived frompersecūtor
  2. Old French · derived frompersecutor
  3. Middle English · inherited frompersecutour
  4. English todaypersecutor

From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.