Etymology

evermasker

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Today it means: An individual who continues to wear a face mask in public after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Full definition →

English masker ← Middle English ever ← Old English ǣfre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  3. Proto-Germanic*aiwaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*aiw
  5. Old Englishā
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  7. Proto-Germanic*in
  8. Proto-West Germanic*in
  9. Old Englishin
  10. Proto-Indo-European*perkʷ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pérkus
  12. Proto-Germanic*ferhuzder.?
  13. Proto-Germanic*ferhwą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*ferh
  15. Old Englishfeorh
  16. Old Englishǣfre
  17. Middle Englishever
  18. Englishever
  19. Englishmask
  20. Englishmasker
  21. English todayevermasker

From ever + masker.

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