Etymology

beamer

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Today it means: A gymnast proficient with or specializing in the balance beam. Full definition →

English beam ← Middle English bem ← Old English bēam
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beamer · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*bagmaz?
  2. Proto-West Germanic*baum
  3. Old Englishbēam
  4. Middle Englishbem
  5. Englishbeam
  6. English todaybeamer

From beam (“balance beam”) + -er.

beamer · noun2

From beam (“project, transmit”) + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for the ball, + -er (patient suffix).

beamer · noun3

Clipping of BMW + -er.

Beamer · noun4

Clipping of BMW or IBM + -er.

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