Etymology of the English word pursuer
the English word
pursuerusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
pursuederived from the Anglo-Norman word
pursiwerderived from the Old French word
poursivrederived from the Late Latin word
prosequi (pursue; escort; describe in detail)
derived from the Late Latin word
sequi (to follow; follow; escort, attend; support, back, side with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sekʷ-derived from the New Latin word
pro-using the Greek prefix
pro-, προ- (before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the Anglo-Norman word
pursuerderived from the Latin root
*prosequerederived from the Late Latin word
prosequi (pursue; escort; describe in detail)
derived from the Late Latin word
sequi (to follow; follow; escort, attend; support, back, side with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sekʷ-derived from the New Latin word
pro-using the Greek prefix
pro-, προ- (before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perUsage
Word found in Modern English
