English
limeburner
From lime + burn + -er.
A compound of lime + burn + -er
Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ‘to smear’
Proto-Germanic *līmaz ‘glue, lime’
Proto-West Germanic *līm ‘glue’
Old English līm ‘glue’
Middle English lyme ‘organ, body part’
English lime
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-
Proto-Germanic *brinnaną ‘to burn’
Old Norse brinna ‘to burn’
Middle English burne
English burn
Today it means
noun A tradesman who operates a limekiln, burning limestone at high heat to produce quicklime for use as an agricultural manure, in cement, and otherwise.
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Etymograph / limeburner