Etymology

suitor

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Today it means: One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone. Full definition →

Middle English sutour ← Anglo-Norman suytour ← Late Latin secutor
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromsecutor“follower, pursuer”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromsuytour
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsutour
  4. English todaysuitor

From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).

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