Etymograph

English

treasurer

Treasurer comes from Old French tresorer, from tresor ‘treasure’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-1‘to put, place’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰé-dʰeh₁-ti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*t(e/i)tʰēmi1reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτίθημι2títhēmi‘to put, place, deposit, set, assume, settle’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθησαυρός3‘treasure house’
  6. Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEthēsaurus3‘treasure’
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*tresaurus3reconstructed
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tresor4‘treasure’
  9. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tresorer4
  10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tresorer4‘a treasurer’
  11. Englishtodaytreasurer4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τίθημι
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek θησαυρός, which cites Beekes
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old French tresor
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English treasurer

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τίθημι‘to put, place’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰé-dʰeh₁-tiWiktionary, Ancient Greek τίθημιreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*t(e/i)tʰēmiWiktionary, Ancient Greek τίθημιreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτίθημιWiktionary, Ancient Greek θησαυρός, which cites Beekestíthēmi‘to put, place, deposit, set, assume, settle’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθησαυρόςWiktionary, Old French tresor‘treasure house’
  6. Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEthēsaurusWiktionary, Old French tresor‘treasure’
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*tresaurusWiktionary, Old French tresorreconstructed
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tresorWiktionary, English treasurer‘treasure’
  9. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tresorerWiktionary, English treasurer
  10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tresorerWiktionary, English treasurer‘a treasurer’
  11. EnglishtodaytreasurerWiktionary, English treasurer

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’

do, fact, hot, deal, fair, defense, fan, benefit, mid, fashion, theme, defence, custom, ethnic, feature, sufficient, ethical, aesthetic, defendant, synthetic, theology, doom, deed, dis, atheist, ethic, feast, auditorium, auditor, atheism, demi, deem, spade, thematic, ethos, forfeit, fanatic, familial, medial, medallion, 124 more

through Proto-Hellenic *t(e/i)tʰēmi

thesis, 14 more

through Ancient Greek τίθημι ‘to put, place, deposit, set, assume, settle’

synthesis, tick, epithet, 16 more

through Classical Latin thēsaurus ‘treasure’

thesaurus, 2 more

Today it means

noun The government official in charge of the Treasury.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “treasurer”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek τίθημι, Ancient Greek θησαυρός, Old French tresor. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / treasurer

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