English
thrower
Thrower comes from Middle English thrower.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thrower
- Englishearliest quotation 1951same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thrower
- Englishearliest quotation 1951same form
Earliest quotation: 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids: “Twenty yards or so of the fence was lying…”
Formed from throw + -er
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub’
Proto-Germanic *þrēaną ‘to twist’
Proto-West Germanic *þrāan ‘to twist’
Old English þrāwan ‘to turn’
Middle English throwen ‘to throw’
English throw
Every English word from Middle English thrower
Today it means
noun Someone who throws.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English thrower / thrower