'bagpipers' originates from English, specifically the compound 'bag' + 'pipe' forming 'bagpipe', combined with the agentive suffix '-er' (from 'piper') meaning 'one who plays'.

'bagpiper' developed from Middle English elements: 'bag' (a sack) + 'pipe' (a reed instrument) and 'piper' (one who plays a pipe), eventually forming the compound noun 'bagpiper' in modern English.

Initially related more generally to 'one who plays a pipe,' it came to specifically mean 'a person who plays the bagpipes.'