falconer

/ˈfælkənə/FAL-kuh-nur

/ˈfælkənɚ/FAL-kuh-nur

Meaningone who keeps falcons

Common meaning: a person who trains hawks

falca sickleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 722 · scan
onnoun ending (from Latin -o, -onis)
eragent ending: one who

Journey through time

Latinfalx, falcis‘a sickle’
Frenchfaulcon
Middle Englishfaukonsource
Englishfalcon‘a swift bird of prey’
Englishformed in English from falconfalconer‘a person who trains hawks’ · 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

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Origin: Formed in English from falcon + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FALCON, p.202 · scan

Roots

falx, falcis Latin “a sickle”

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