Etymology

namer

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Today it means: One who names, or calls by name. Full definition →

English name ← Middle English name ← Old English nama
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*namô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*namō
  4. Old Englishnama
  5. Middle Englishname
  6. Englishname
  7. English todaynamer

From name + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.