Etymology

planer

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Today it means: A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed. Full definition →

Middle English planer
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromplaner
  2. English todayplaner

From Middle English planer, planere, equivalent to plane + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.