Etymograph

English

payer

From pay + -er (“subject of action”).

A compound of pay + -er ‘subject of action’

Medieval Latin pācāre ‘to settle’

Old French paiier

Middle English payen ‘to pay’

English pay

Today it means

noun One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / payer