Where does “crammer” come from?

crammer (English) comes from English cram, from Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian, from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic krammōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gromH-néh₂-ti.

crammer (English): One who crams or stuffs; A book used for...

Definitions

  1. One who crams or stuffs; A book used for...

Ancestry of “crammer”, step by step

crammer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cram

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcramTo press, force, or drive, particularly in...
2Middle Englishcrammen
3Old Englishcrammianto cram; stuff
4Proto-West Germanic*krammōnto squeeze
5Proto-Germanickrammōnąto squeeze
6Proto-Indo-European*gromH-néh₂-ti

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gromH-néh₂-tiEvery word from Proto-Germanic krammōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn