Etymology

relayer

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Today it means: One who, or that which, relays. Full definition →

English layer ← Middle English leyen ← Old English leċġan
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relayer · noun1

From relay + -er.

relayer · verb2

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*logʰéyeti
  8. Proto-Germanic*lagjaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*laggjan
  10. Old Englishleċġan
  11. Middle Englishleyen
  12. Englishlay
  13. Englishlayer
  14. English todayrelayer

From re- + layer.

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