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preparer

/pɹiˈpeɹə/pree-PEH-rur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/pɹiˈpɛɹɚ/pree-PEH-rur

Meaningone who prepares

Common meaning: a person who prepares

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‘before’ + ‘to make ready’ → preparer

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*par-‘produce, afford, prepare, share’source
  2. Latinparō, parāvī‘to make ready’
  3. Old Frenchpreparersource
  4. Englishprepare‘to make ready beforehand’
  5. Englishformed in English from preparepreparer‘a person who prepares’ · 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 prepare + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PREPARE, p.464 · scan

Roots

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