befriender
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijōną Proto-Germanic *frijōndz Proto-West Germanic *friund Old English frēond Middle English frend English friend English befriend Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English befriender From befriend + -er.
- derived from -āriusbor
- derived from *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom✻
- derived from *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider✻
- derived from *h₁epider✻
- derived from *h₁epsder✻
- derived from *h₁ep-der✻
Definitions
One who befriends.
- She also has a regular commitment as a 'befriender' to the elderly, and has now volunteered to become SWR's charity champion in order to more fully bring her expertise and enthusiasm in this area to bear.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for befriender. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA