Etymology

hander

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Today it means: One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession Full definition →

English hand ← Middle English hond ← Old English hand
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hander · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*handuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*handu
  3. Old Englishhand
  4. Middle Englishhond
  5. Englishhand
  6. English todayhander

From hand (verb) + -er.

hander · noun2

From hand (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

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