Etymology

decker

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Today it means: One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer. Full definition →

English deck ← Middle English dekke ← Middle Dutch dec
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decker · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*þaką
  3. Proto-Germanic*þakjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*þakkjan
  5. Old Dutchthecken
  6. Middle Dutchdeckendeverb.
  7. Middle Dutchdec
  8. Middle Englishdekke
  9. Englishdeck
  10. English todaydecker

From deck (verb) + -er.

decker · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*þaką
  3. Proto-Germanic*þakjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*þakkjan
  5. Old Dutchthecken
  6. Middle Dutchdeckendeverb.
  7. Middle Dutchdec
  8. Middle Englishdekke
  9. Englishdeck
  10. English todaydecker

From deck (noun) + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.