Etymology

leathery

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Today it means: Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather. Full definition →

English leather ← Middle English lether ← Old English leþer
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic*letros
  2. Proto-Germanic*leþrą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*leþr
  4. Old Englishleþer
  5. Middle Englishlether
  6. Englishleather
  7. English todayleathery

From leather + -y.

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