## Etymology
Formed from the verb depend plus the agentive suffix -er; depend is from Old French dependre, from Latin dependere ('to hang down, depend'), from de- ('down') plus pendere ('to hang').

## AI Etymology
Depender has the etymological history Formed from the verb depend plus the agentive suffix -er; depend is from Old French dependre, from Latin dependere ('to hang down, depend'), from de- ('down') plus pendere ('to hang'). The ancestry passes through Latin dependere and Latin pendere. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "one who depends on or relies upon another", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include depend, dependent, and dependence.

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