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Where does “stoozer” come from?

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

stoozer (English): A person who makes a profit by stoozing

Definitions

  1. A person who makes a profit by stoozing

Ancestry of “stoozer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایر—
4Old Anatolian Turkishایر—
5Proto-Turkicēder—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder →