Etymology

wrecker

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Today it means: A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts. Full definition →

English wreck ← Middle English wrek ← Anglo-Norman wrek
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The story

  1. Old Norse*vrek
  2. Anglo-Normanwrek
  3. Middle Englishwrek
  4. Englishwreck
  5. English todaywrecker

From wreck + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.