English
exploiter
From exploit + -er.
A compound of exploit + -er
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold’
Latin explicō ‘to unfold’
Latin explicātus ‘unfolded, unfurled, uncoiled, loosened,…’
Old French esploit ‘income’
English exploit
Another origin of exploiter
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplicōas explicāre, frequentative‘to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*explicitārenext step skipped: Old French espleitier
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400esploitier‘to use’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexploiter‘to exploit’
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun One who exploits.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / exploiter