Etymograph

English

filterer

From filter + -er.

A compound of filter + -er

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Germanic *fellą ‘skin, hide’

Proto-West Germanic *felt

Medieval Latin filtrum ‘felt’

Middle English filtre

English filter

Today it means

noun A person who, or device that, filters

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

Etymograph / filterer