English
occupier
Occupier comes from Middle English occupier, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂p-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500occupier
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂p-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500occupier
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from occupy + -er
Latin occupāre ‘to take possession of, seize, occupy, take…’
Old French occuper
Middle English occupien
English occupy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-
princess, principal, receipt, receiver, receptor, participant, unacceptable, incapable, inception, interception, princely, perceptive, misbehave, recuperate, recuperation, incipient, 9 more
Today it means
noun One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- / occupier