approver

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der.

Proto-Italic *proβwos

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *proβwāō

Latin probō

Latin approbōder.

Old French aproverbor.

Middle English aproven

English approve

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English approver

From approve + -er.

approver (plural approvers)

One who approves or gives approval.
- 1680, John Bunyan, Life and Death of Mr. Badman:
  Therefore, as when men wickedly swear they rend and tear God's name, and make him, as much as in them lies, the avoucher and approver of all their wickedness […]
(dated, law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.

one who approves or gives approval