Etymology

usurer

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Today it means: A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate. Full definition →

Old French usurier ← Latin ūsūra
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromūsūra“interest”
  2. Old French · derived fromusurier
  3. English todayusurer

Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ūsūra (“interest”).

Words from the same roots

Latinūsūra all →

usura

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.