Etymology

vaporizer

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Today it means: Such a device to facilitate vaping. Full definition →

English vaporiz(e) ← Middle English vapour ← Old French vapor
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*kwapōs
  2. Latinvapor
  3. Old Frenchvapeur
  4. Old Frenchvapor
  5. Middle Englishvapour
  6. Englishvapor
  7. Englishvaporiz(e)
  8. English todayvaporizer

From vaporiz(e) + -er.

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