Etymology

docker

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Today it means: One who performs docking, as of tails. Full definition →

English dock ← Middle English dok ← Old English *docce
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docker · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*dukkǭ
  2. Proto-West Germanic*dokkā
  3. Old English*docce
  4. Middle Englishdok
  5. Englishdock
  6. English todaydocker

From dock (verb) + -er.

docker · noun2

  1. Middle Dutchdocke
  2. Dutchdok
  3. Englishdock
  4. English todaydocker

From dock (noun) + -er.

Docker · proper noun3

  1. Old Norse · derived fromdǫkk“hollow”
  2. English todayDocker

Probably from Old Norse dǫkk (“hollow”) + erg (“hill-pasture”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsedǫkk all →

dock

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