Etymology

waterer

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Today it means: One who waters plants. Full definition →

English water ← Middle English water ← Old English wæter
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  4. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  5. Old Englishwæter
  6. Middle Englishwater
  7. Englishwater
  8. English todaywaterer

From water + -er.

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