Etymology

streaker

S1T1R1E1A1K5E1R1

Today it means: One who runs naked through a public place as a prank. Full definition →

English streak ← Middle English streke ← Old English strica
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*strikiz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*striki
  4. Old Englishstrica
  5. Middle Englishstreke
  6. Englishstreak
  7. English todaystreaker

From streak + -er.

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