Etymology

coaler

C3O1A1L1E1R1

Today it means: A vehicle, especially a ship, used for carrying or supplying coal. Full definition →

English coal ← Middle English col ← Old English col
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵwelH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵwl̥Hom
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵulHom
  4. Proto-Germanic*kulą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kol
  6. Old Englishcol
  7. Middle Englishcol
  8. Englishcoal
  9. English todaycoaler

From coal + -er.

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