Etymograph

English

walker

Walker comes from Middle English walkere ‘one who walks, traveller’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500walkere1‘one who walks’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1815walker1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English walker
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1815, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murra: “I would ask for the pleasure of your company,…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500walkereWiktionary, English walker‘one who walks’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1815walkerWiktionary, English walker. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1815, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murra: “I would ask for the pleasure of your company,…”

Every English word from Middle English walkere

Today it means

noun The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “walker”. 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.

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