Etymology

holder

hold·er
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Today it means: A thing that holds. Full definition →

English hold ← Middle English holden ← Old English healdan
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*haldaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*haldan
  3. Old Englishhealdan
  4. Middle Englishholden
  5. Englishhold
  6. English todayholder

From hold + -er.

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