Etymology

hemmer

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Today it means: One who, or that which, hems. Full definition →

English hem ← Middle English hem ← Old English heom
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*himaz
  2. Old Englishheom
  3. Middle Englishhem
  4. Englishhem
  5. English todayhemmer

From hem + -er.

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