Etymology

baker

bak·er
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Today it means: A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items. Full definition →

Middle English bakere ← Old English bæcere ← Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bakārijaz“baker”
  2. Old English · inherited frombæcere“baker”
  3. Middle English · inherited frombakere
  4. English todaybaker

Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

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