'awarder' originates from English, specifically the word 'award' with the agentive suffix '-er', where 'award' meant 'to give or grant' and '-er' meant 'one who performs the action'.

'award' changed from Middle English forms such as 'awarden' (meaning to grant or give) and developed from earlier Old and Middle French/Old English influences that combined a- (a prefix) with roots related to turning/guarding; the modern agent noun 'awarder' formed by adding '-er' to the verb.

Initially it meant 'to give or grant' and over time it has retained that basic sense; the derived noun 'awarder' simply denotes 'one who gives or grants'.