English
blower
Blower comes from Middle English blowere ‘one tasked with blows a bellows’, and goes back to Old English blāwere.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150blāwere
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blowere‘one tasked with blows a bellows’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843blower
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150blāwere
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blowere‘one tasked with blows a bellows’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843blower
Earliest quotation: 1843, Humphry Davy: “The great sources of fire-damp in coal mines are…”
Formed from blow + -er
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’
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Proto-Germanic *blēaną ‘to blow’
Proto-West Germanic *blāan ‘to blow’
Old English blāwan ‘to blow, breathe’
Middle English blowen ‘to blow’
English blow
Every English word from Old English blāwere
Today it means
noun A person who blows.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English blāwere / blower