Etymology

spotter

S1P3O1T1T1E1R1

Today it means: A person who observes something. Full definition →

English spot ← Middle English splotinflu. ← Middle Dutch spotteinflu.
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*splt-no-
  3. Proto-Germanic*spluttaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*splott
  5. Old Englishsplott
  6. Middle Englishspot
  7. Middle Dutchspotteinflu.
  8. Middle Englishsplotinflu.
  9. Englishspot
  10. English todayspotter

From spot + -er.

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