English

goader

From goad + -er.

Formed from goad + -er

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘to drive, move, hurl, fling’

Proto-Germanic *gaidō ‘prickle’

Proto-West Germanic *gaidu

Old English gād

Middle English gode

English goad

Today it means

noun One who goads.

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