miller

miller · noun¹

1. Late Latin · derived frommolīnārius“miller”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mulīnārī“miller”
3. Old English · inherited from*mylnere
4. Middle English · inherited frommyllere
5. English todaymiller

From Middle English myllere, mellere, from earlier mylnere, possibly from an Old English *mylnere, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnārī (“miller”), equivalent to mill + -er; cf. also Late Latin molīnārius (“miller”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Muller, Dutch mulder, molenaar, German Low German Möller, German Müller, Müllner, Danish møller, Norwegian Bokmål møller, Norwegian Nynorsk mylnar, møllar, Swedish mjölnare, Icelandic mylnari. Compare also Middle English milward, mulward (“miller”), from Old English mylenweard (“miller”, literally “mill-keeper”) (> English Millward (surname)).

Miller · proper noun²

English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Meunier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Młynarczyk.