egger

See also: Egger

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English egg

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English egger

From egg + -er.

Noun

egger (plural eggers)

1. One who gathers eggs.

Related terms

• butter-and-egger
• egger-on
• ham-and-egger
• pace-egger

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

egger (plural eggers)

An oak eggar moth

1. An eggar moth; any of various species of family Lasiocampidae, especially the oak eggar-moth, Lasiocampa quercus.

References

• Lasiocampidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lasiocampa quercus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “egger”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “egger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• grège, grege

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

egger m or f

1. indefinite plural of egg (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

egger f

1. indefinite plural of egg

Scots

Noun

egger (plural eggers)

1. alternative form of aigar

References

• “egger, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.