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caster

/ˈkæstə/KA-stur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈkæstɚ/KA-stur

Meaningone that casts

Common meaning: a small swivel wheel

Other meanings: one who casts

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gas-‘bring, heap together’source
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)kasta‘to throw’source
  3. Middle Englishcastensource
  4. Englishcast‘to throw’
  5. Englishformed in English from castcaster‘a small swivel wheel’ · 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 cast + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CAST, p.97 · scan

Source words

  • kasta Old Norse (Icelandic) · source word “to hurl”

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