Etymology

lister

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Today it means: One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing. Full definition →

English list ← Middle English lī̆st ← Medieval Latin lista
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lister · noun1

  1. Old Englishlīste
  2. Old Frenchliste
  3. Medieval Latinlista
  4. Middle Englishlī̆st
  5. Englishlist
  6. English todaylister

From list + -er.

lister · noun2

Compare list (“a strip, border”), probably applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.

Lister · proper noun3

English occupational surname from the archaic noun litster (“dyer”).

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