English
lorefather
Lorefather comes from Middle English lorefadyr.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lorefadyr
- Englishearliest quotation 2010lorefather
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lorefadyr
- Englishearliest quotation 2010lorefather
Earliest quotation: 2010, Gav Thorpe: “Not in Ullsaard's lifetime had anyone gone up there,…”
Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘to trace, to track’
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Proto-Germanic *laizō ‘teaching’
Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu
Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’
Middle English lore ‘Education or teaching’
English lore
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr
Proto-Germanic *fadēr
Proto-West Germanic *fader
Old English fæder
Middle English fader ‘a father’
English father
Every English word from Middle English lorefadyr
Today it means
noun A male teacher
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English lorefadyr / lorefather