Etymology

swimmer

swim·mer
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Today it means: One who swims. Full definition →

Middle English swimmere
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromswimmere
  2. English todayswimmer

From Middle English swimmere, equivalent to swim + -er. The dumplings are so called because they are often served in stew.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.