Etymology

waller

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Today it means: One who builds walls. Full definition →

English wall ← Middle English wal ← Old English weall
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waller · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*welH-
  2. Proto-Italic*walso-
  3. Latinvallum
  4. Proto-West Germanic*wall
  5. Old Englishweall
  6. Middle Englishwal
  7. Englishwall
  8. English todaywaller

From wall + -er.

waller · noun, verb2

From wallow or wallower.

Waller · proper noun3

Possibly from de valler (of the valley).

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