Etymology

spicer

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Today it means: One who seasons with spice. Full definition →

Middle English spicer ← Old French espicier ← Latin speciarius
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromspeciarius“dealer in spices”
  2. Old French · derived fromespicier
  3. Middle English · inherited fromspicer
  4. English todayspicer

From Middle English spicer, spycer, spycere, from Old French espicier (> French épicier), from Latin speciarius (“dealer in spices”), equivalent to spice + -er.

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