Etymology

applier

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Today it means: A person or device that applies something. Full definition →

English apply ← Middle English aplien ← Old French applier
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The story

  1. Latinapplicō
  2. Old Frenchapplier
  3. Middle Englishaplien
  4. Englishapply
  5. English todayapplier

From apply + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.