Etymology

lawnmower

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Today it means: A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions. Full definition →

English mower ← Middle English mowere ← Old English magan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*landąder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  4. Proto-Celtic*landāder.?
  5. Vulgar Latin*landa?
  6. Old Frenchlande
  7. Middle Englishlaunde
  8. Englishlaund
  9. Englishlaune
  10. Englishlawn
  11. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*(me)mógʰe
  13. Proto-Germanic*maganą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*magan
  15. Old Englishmagan
  16. Middle Englishmowen
  17. Middle Englishmowere
  18. Englishmower
  19. English todaylawnmower

From lawn + mower.

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