Etymology

penciler

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Today it means: In comic book production, a person who develops the plot and creative content, and draws an outline to be filled in by an inker. Full definition →

English pencil ← Old French pincil ← Vulgar Latin *pēnicellum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pes-ni-s
  3. Proto-Italic*peznis
  4. Latinpēnis
  5. Latinpēniculus
  6. Latinpēnicillum
  7. Anglo-Normanpincil
  8. Latinpēnicillum
  9. Vulgar Latin*pēnicellum
  10. Old Frenchpincil
  11. Englishpencil
  12. English todaypenciler

From pencil + -er.

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