Etymograph

English

alarmer

From alarm + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).

Formed from alarm + -er

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’

Middle French alarme

Middle English alarme

English alarm

Today it means

noun One who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.

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Etymograph / alarmer