Etymology

waxer

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Today it means: A device used to apply wax. Full definition →

English wax ← Middle English wax ← Old English weax
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waxer · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*wahsą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*wahs
  3. Old Englishweax
  4. Middle Englishwax
  5. Englishwax
  6. English todaywaxer

From wax (“substance”) + -er.

waxer · noun2

  1. Middle Englishwaxen
  2. Englishwax
  3. English todaywaxer

From wax (“to grow”) + -er.

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