Etymograph

English

teacher

Teacher comes from Middle English techere.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500techere1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013teacher1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English teacher
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, Mark Tran, Denied an education by war: “One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500techereWiktionary, English teacher
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013teacherWiktionary, English teacher. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, Mark Tran, Denied an education by war: “One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict…”

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Today it means

noun A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “teacher”. 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 / Middle English techere / teacher