Etymograph

English

hammermill

From hammer + mill.

A compound of hammer + mill

Proto-Germanic *hamaraz ‘tool with a stone head’

Proto-West Germanic *hamar

Old English hamor

Middle English hamer ‘a hammer’

English hammer

Latin molō ‘to grind’

Late Latin molīna ‘mill’

Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu ‘mill’

Old English mylen

Middle English mylne ‘mill’

English mill

Today it means

noun A machine for shredding or crushing aggregate material, consisting of a drum containing a vertical or horizontal rotating shaft or drum on which hammers are mounted; a building containing such a machine; a place of business where such milling is done.

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

Etymograph / hammermill