English
strimmer
Blend of string + trimmer, originally a trademark in the United Kingdom.
Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘rope’
Proto-Germanic *strangiz
Proto-West Germanic *strangi
Old English strenġ
Middle English string
English string
The story
Blend of string + trimmer, originally a trademark in the United Kingdom.
Today it means
noun Synonym of string trimmer (“a powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / strimmer