Where does “basher” come from?

basher (English) comes from English Bash, from Old English baschen.

basher (English): One who bashes something, figuratively or...

Definitions

  1. One who bashes something, figuratively or...

Ancestry of “basher”, step by step

basher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBashThe Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems
2Old Englishbaschen—

via Arabic بَشِير

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَشِيرbringer of good news

Words derived from “basher”

Every word from Old English baschen →Every word from English Bash →