doer
Middle English
/ˈdoːər(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- doer, agent someone who does, performs, or executes
- offender criminal who commits a specified crime
- (rare) cause, reason
Etymology
Affix from Middle English don.
Origin
Middle English
don
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- do English
- doer English
- doerless English
- doership English
- done English
- evildoer English
- rightdoer English
- welldoer English
- wrongdoer English
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- dōere Old English
- dōn Old English
- *donekie Middle English
- don Middle English
- withdon Middle English
- yvel Middle English
- yvel doer Middle English
- dae Scots