Etymology

dropper

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Today it means: A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time. Full definition →

English drop ← Middle English droppen ← Old English dropian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrebʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*druppōną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*dropōn
  4. Old Englishdropian
  5. Middle Englishdroppen
  6. Englishdrop
  7. English todaydropper

From drop + -er.

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