Etymology

gasser

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Today it means: One who gasses, or poisons with gas. Full definition →

English gas ← Dutch gas ← Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)
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gasser · noun, adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekχαῦνος (khaûnos)
  3. Ancient Greekχάος (kháos)
  4. Dutchgas
  5. Englishgas
  6. English todaygasser

From gas + -er.

Gasser · proper noun2

  1. Yiddish · derived fromgas
  2. German · derived fromGasse
  3. Middle High German · derived fromgazze
  4. English todayGasser

German, Swiss German, and Jewish topographic surname for one who lived in a side street or alley, from a derivative of Middle High German gazze, German Gasse, or Yiddish gas.

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