Where does “blower” come from?
Blower comes from Old English blāwere, an agent noun from blāwan meaning to blow.
blower (English): A person who blows; Any device that blows;...
Definitions
- A person who blows; Any device that blows;...
Ancestry of “blower”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | blowere | A player of a wind instrument |
| 2 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |