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Where does “taser” come from?

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

taser (French): taser, a Taser; taser, by generalization, any...

Definitions

  1. taser, a Taser; taser, by generalization, any...

Ancestry of “taser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTaserAlternative letter-case form of taser
2EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
3Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
4Ottoman Turkishایر—
5Old Anatolian Turkishایر—
6Proto-Turkicēder—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder →