Where does “mildewer” come from?

mildewer (English) comes from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder — saddle.

mildewer (English): A plant that is susceptible to mildew

Definitions

  1. A plant that is susceptible to mildew

Ancestry of “mildewer”, step by step

mildewer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English mildew

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmildewA growth of minute powdery or webby fungi,...
2Middle Englishmyldewmildew fungal growth
3Old Englishmeledēawhoneydew, nectar
4Proto-West Germanic*milidauwmildew
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder