English
hinderer
Hinderer comes from Middle English hinderer.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hinderer
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hinderer
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from hinder + -er
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
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Proto-Germanic *hinder ‘back’
Proto-Germanic *hindrōną ‘to hinder’
Old English hindrian ‘to hinder, obstruct, repress, impede’
Middle English hindren
English hinder
Every English word from Middle English hinderer
Today it means
noun One who, or that which, hinders.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hinderer / hinderer