English
classifier
From classify + -er.
A compound of classify + -er
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call, shout’
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Proto-Italic *klāssis
Latin classis ‘any one of the five divisions into which…’
French classe ‘class, type, group’
French classifier ‘to classify’
English classify
Today it means
noun Someone who classifies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / classifier