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dweller

/ˈdwelə/DWEH-lur
/ˈdwɛlɚ/DWEH-lur

Meaningone who dwells

Common meaning: an inhabitant

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dhwar-‘rush forth, bend, fell, stupefy, deceive’source
  2. Old Englishdwellan‘to lead into error, deceive, mislead’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishdwellensource
  4. Englishdwell‘to live in a place’
  5. Englishformed in English from dwelldweller‘an inhabitant’ · 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.
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Origin: Formed in English from dwell + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DWELL, p.183 · scan

Source words

  • dwellan Old English · source word “to lead astray, to delay”

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