seeker
English
/ˈsiːkə/, /ˈsikɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who seeks.
- Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sekar affix from English seek.
Origin
English
seek
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beseek English
- bone English
- boneseeker English
- foreseek English
- forseek English
- heat English
- heatseeker English
- job English
- jobseeker English
- misseek English
- office English
- officeseeker English
- outseek English
- reseek English
- seek English
- seekable English
- seekest English
- seeketh English
- seeking English
- seeksorrow English
- self-seeker English
- sun English
- sunseeker English
- truth English
- truthseeker English
- underseek English
- upseek English
- work English
- workseeker English
- asielzoeker Dutch, Flemish
- goudzoeker Dutch, Flemish
- zoeken Dutch, Flemish
- zoeker Dutch, Flemish
- sekar Middle English
- seken Middle English
- soeker Middle Dutch