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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

  1. One who shapes; A machine tool in which a...

Ancestry of “shaper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishschapere—
2Icelandicskaparicreator
3Icelandicskapato create; indefinite genitive plural of skap;...
4Old Norseskapato shape, make, create
5Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “shaper”

  • waveshaper
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