English
bender
Hypotheses: * bend + -er.
Formed from bend + -er
Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‘to bind, tie’
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Proto-Germanic *bandijaną ‘to bend’
Proto-West Germanic *bandijan ‘to bind’
Old English bendan ‘to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain’
Middle English benden
English bend
Today it means
noun One who, or that which, bends.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / bender