Etymology

emmer

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Today it means: Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. Full definition →

First used 1908German Emmer
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emmer · noun1

  1. German · borrowed fromEmmer
  2. English todayemmer

First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).

Emmer · proper noun2

* As a German surname, from the noun Emmer (“grain”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective eben (“smooth, even”) + the suffix -er. * As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Emmert, from the old Germanic name Emhard, see Emmert. Or, from the name Egmar, from *aggju (“sharp point of a sword”) + *mārī (“famous”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun emmer (“bucket”).

Words from the same roots

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amelcorn

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1908 Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.

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