English
exploiter
From exploit + -er.
Another origin of exploiter
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplicōas explicāre, frequentative‘to unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*explicitārenext step skipped: Old French espleitier
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400esploitier‘to use’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexploiter‘to exploit’
- Englishtodayexploiter
Today it means
noun One who exploits.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “exploiter”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / exploiter