Etymology of the English word naysayer
the English word
naysayerusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
nayderived from the Old Norse word
neiderived from the Old Norse word
nederived from the English word
sayderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*sagjananderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sekĘ·-Derivations in English
yeasayerUsage
Word found in Modern English
