pasteurizer

English

A 1960s pasteurizer

Etymology

Etymology tree
English pasteurize
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 pasteurizer

    From pasteurize + -er.

    Noun

    pasteurizer (plural pasteurizers)

    1. A machine or device for pasteurizing something (e.g. milk).
      The small dairy maintained an industrial pasteurizer and provided home-delivered milk in a local distribution area.
    2. A person who pasteurizes.

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