Etymology

wagoner

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Today it means: Someone who drives a wagon. Full definition →

English wagon ← Middle Dutch wagen ← Old Dutch *wagan
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wagoner · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wóǵʰnos
  3. Proto-Germanic*wagnaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*wagn
  5. Old Dutch*wagan
  6. Middle Dutchwagen
  7. Englishwagon
  8. English todaywagoner

From wagon + -er.

Wagoner · proper noun2

From wagoner. Doublet of Wagner.

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