Where does “Bender” come from?

Bender derives from English bend with the agent suffix -er, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-, a root meaning to bend or curve that passed through Latin -arius, Old French -er, and Chinese 兒.

Bender (English): One who, or that which, bends

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, bends

Ancestry of “Bender”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbendTo cause to change its shape into a curve, by...
2Middle Englishbenden—
3Old Englishbendanto bind; to bend a bow
4Proto-West Germanicbandijanto bind
5Proto-GermanicbandijanąTo bind, fetter, restrain; stretch; To bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “Bender”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →