Etymology

drinker

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Today it means: Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis. Full definition →

Middle English drinkere ← Old English drincere ← Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*drinkārijaz“drinker”
  2. Old English · inherited fromdrincere“drinker”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdrinkere
  4. English todaydrinker

From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).

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