English
encouragee
From encourage + -ee.
Formed from encourage + -ee
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- ‘heart’
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Old French corage ‘courage’
Old French encoragier ‘to encourage’
Anglo-Norman encoragier ‘to encourage’
Middle English encouragen
English encourage
Today it means
noun A person who receives encouragement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / encouragee