Villager
/ˈvɪlɪdʒər/noun
A person who lives in a village.
Did you know?Villager ultimately comes from Latin villa, the same root behind words like village and villan, and it originally pointed to life tied to a rural estate rather than a quaint little town.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
villa
“A country house or rural estate”
Late Latin
Latin
villaticus
“Of a country house or estate”
Old French
Old French
village
“A group of houses or rural settlement”
Middle English
English
villager
“An inhabitant of a village”
Modern English
English
villager
“A person who lives in a village”