"misdoer" meaning in All languages combined

See misdoer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: misdoers [plural]
Etymology: From misdo + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|misdo|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From misdo + -er., {{ety|en|:af|misdo|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English misdo Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English misdoer From misdo + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} misdoer (plural misdoers)
  1. A person who commits a misdeed; an offender.

Inflected forms

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