Etymology of the English word torchbearer
the English word
torchbearerderived from the English word
torchderived from the Old French word
torchederived from the English word
bearerusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
bearderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhares-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bher-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*berananderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*beronUsage
Word found in Modern English
