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baker

/ˈbeɪkə/BAY-kur
/ˈbeɪkɚ/BAY-kur

Meaningone who bakes

Common meaning: a person who makes and sells bread

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bhag-‘bake, roast’source
  2. Old EnglishbacansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbakensource
  4. Englishbake‘to cook in an oven’
  5. Englishformed in English from bakebaker‘a person who makes and sells bread’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from bake + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BAKE, p.48 · scan

Source words

  • bacan Old English · source word “baking”

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