Etymology

petitioner

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Today it means: Someone who presents a petition to a court. Full definition →

English petition ← Old French peticiun ← Latin petītiōnem
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péth₂eti
  3. Latinpetō
  4. Latinpetītiōnem
  5. Old Frenchpeticiun
  6. Englishpetition
  7. English todaypetitioner

From petition + -er. Doublet of petitionary.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.