Etymology

shot-putter

Today it means: An athlete who competes in the shot put. Full definition →

English shot put ← Middle English putten ← Old English putian
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kéwd-(o-m)?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewd-der.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sket-der.?
  5. Proto-Germanic*skut(t)-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(ó)-os
  7. Proto-Germanic*skutą
  8. Old Englishsċot
  9. Middle Englishschot
  10. Englishshot
  11. Proto-Germanic*putōną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*putōn
  13. Old Englishputian
  14. Middle Englishputten
  15. Englishput
  16. Englishshot put
  17. English todayshot-putter

From shot put + -er.

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