Etymology

borer

B3O1R1E1R1

Today it means: A tool used for drilling. Full definition →

English bore ← Middle English boren ← Old English borian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-
  2. Proto-Germanic*burōną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*borōn
  4. Old Englishborian
  5. Middle Englishboren
  6. Englishbore
  7. English todayborer

From bore + -er.

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