Etymology

swooner

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Today it means: Someone who swoons Full definition →

Middle English swounere
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromswounere
  2. English todayswooner

From Middle English swounere, sownere, equivalent to swoon + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.