The story
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*bindaną
- Proto-West Germanic*bindan
- Old Englishbindan
- Middle Englishbynden
- Middle Englishbyndere
- English todaybinder
Inherited from Middle English byndere. By surface analysis, bind + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.