Where does “shaper” come from?
Shaper comes from Middle English shapper and Old English sċyppend, meaning one who shapes or creates.
shaper (English): One who shapes; A machine tool in which a...
Definitions
- One who shapes; A machine tool in which a...
Ancestry of “shaper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | schapere | A creator or maker; one who creates or makes usually used of God |
| 2 | Icelandic | skapari | creator |
| 3 | Icelandic | skapa | to create; indefinite genitive plural of skap;... |
| 4 | Old Norse | skapa | to shape, make, create |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |