Etymology

dweller

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Today it means: An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen. Full definition →

Middle English dweller ← Old Norse dveljainflu. ← Old English dwellan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwel-
  2. Proto-Germanic*dwalaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*dwaljaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*dwalljan
  5. Old Englishdwellan
  6. Old Norsedveljainflu.
  7. Middle Englishdwellen
  8. Middle Englishdweller
  9. English todaydweller

From Middle English dweller, equivalent to dwell + -er.

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