English

enginerd

Blend of engineer + nerd.

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

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Old French engin ‘contraption, device; ingenuity’

Old French engigneor ‘engineer, designer’

Anglo-Norman enginour

Middle English enginour ‘military engineer; machine designer’

English nerts ‘nuts", "crazy’

English nerd

Today it means

noun A nerdy engineer or engineering student.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / enginerd