warrior

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wers-“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”
2. Frankish · derived from*werʀu“confusion; quarrel”
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromwerra
4. Old French · derived fromguerroiier“fighter, combattant”
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromwerreur
6. Middle English · inherited fromwerreour
7. English todaywarrior

From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced earlier Old English cempa and many others.

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