Etymology

skewer

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Today it means: A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking. Full definition →

Middle English skeuier
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skewer · noun, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromskeuier
  2. English todayskewer

From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”).

skewer · noun, adjective2

From skew + -er.

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