pinder

pinder · noun¹

1. Kongo · derived frommpinda“peanut”
2. English todaypinder

Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.

pinder · noun²

1. Old English · derived frompyndan“pen up”
2. Old English · inherited from*pyndere
3. Middle English · inherited frompindere
4. English todaypinder

From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.

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