Etymology

parker

park·er
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Today it means: A Parker-brand pen. Full definition →

English park ← Middle English park ← Old French parc
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The story

  1. Frankish*parrukbor.?
  2. Frankish*parrikbor.?
  3. Latin*parra
  4. Early Medieval Latinpar(ri)cus
  5. Old Frenchparc
  6. Middle Englishpark
  7. Englishpark
  8. English todayparker

From park + -er.

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