Etymology

listener

lis·ten·er
L1I1S1T1E1N1E1R1

Today it means: Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast. Full definition →

English listen ← Middle English listenen ← Old English hlysnan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlew-
  3. Proto-Germanic*hlusnijaną
  4. Old Englishhlysnan
  5. Middle Englishlistenen
  6. Englishlisten
  7. English todaylistener

From listen + -er.

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