Etymology

resetter

re·set·ter
R1E1S1E1T1T1E1R1

Today it means: One who, or that which, resets. Full definition →

Middle Scots resettar ← Early Scots resettour ← Anglo-Norman recettour
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

resetter · noun1

From reset (“to reinitialise”) + -er.

resetter · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromreceptātor
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromrecettour
  3. Early Scots · derived fromresettour
  4. Middle Scots · borrowed fromresettar
  5. English todayresetter

Borrowed from Middle Scots resettar, ressettar, from Early Scots resettour, from Anglo-Norman recettour, recettour, from Latin receptātor; by surface analysis, reset (“to receive stolen goods”) + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.