Etymograph

English

gearjammer

From gear + jammer.

A compound of gear + jammer

Proto-Germanic *garwijaną ‘to prepare’

Old Norse gervi ‘gear, apparel’

Middle English gere ‘equipment, gear’

English gear

Today it means

noun A speeding trucker.

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

Etymograph / gearjammer