Etymograph

English

hamperer

From hamper + -er.

Formed from hamper + -er

Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ‘cup, bowl’

Frankish *hnapp ‘cup, bowl, basin’

Anglo-Norman hanaper

Middle English hamper

English hamper

Today it means

noun One who hampers or hinders.

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

Etymograph / hamperer