Etymology

backer

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Today it means: One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it. Full definition →

English back ← Middle English bak ← Old English bæc
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backer · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*baką
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  4. Old Englishbæc
  5. Middle Englishbak
  6. Englishback
  7. English todaybacker

From back + -er.

Backer · proper noun2

* As a German (Bäcker) and occasionally Danish surname, variant of Becker. Compare also Baecker. * As a Dutch and occasionally Norwegian surname, variant of Bakker. Compare also DeBacker. * As an English surname, variant of Baker.

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