Etymology

butterer

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Today it means: One who butters. Full definition →

English butter ← Middle English buter ← Old English butere
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekβούτῡρον (boútūron)
  2. Latinbūtȳrum
  3. Proto-West Germanic*buterā
  4. Old Englishbutere
  5. Middle Englishbuter
  6. Englishbutter
  7. English todaybutterer

From butter + -er (agent noun suffix).

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