English

handholder

From hand + holder.

A compound of hand + holder

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to hold, to keep’

Proto-West Germanic *haldan ‘to hold’

Old English healdan ‘to hold fast, to grasp’

Middle English holden ‘to hold’

English hold

Today it means

noun One who holds hands (with someone else).

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

Etymograph / handholder