English
strainer
Strainer comes from Middle English strener.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500strener
- Englishearliest quotation 2008strainer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500strener
- Englishearliest quotation 2008strainer
Earliest quotation: 2008, Kirby I. Bland, Michael G. Sarr: “An important factor with respect to recurrence [of rectal…”
Formed from strain + -er
Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to spread, strew’
Proto-Germanic *streuną ‘heap, treasure, profit, gain’
Proto-West Germanic *streun
Old English strēon ‘gain, acquisition, treasure’
Middle English streen
English strain
Every English word from Middle English strener
Today it means
noun A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English strener / strainer