Etymology

sampler

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Today it means: A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs. Full definition →

Old French essamplaire ← Latin exemplāris
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sampler · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromexemplāris
  2. Old French · derived fromessamplaire
  3. English todaysampler

From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar.

sampler · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  7. Proto-Italic*emō
  8. Latinemō
  9. Latineximō
  10. Latinexemplum
  11. Old Frenchessainple
  12. Middle Englishsaumple
  13. Englishsample
  14. English todaysampler

From sample + -er.

Words from the same roots

Latinexemplāris all →

exemplaryexemplar

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.