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tanner

/ˈtænə/TA-nur
/ˈtænɚ/TA-nur

Meaningone who tans

Common meaning: a person who makes leather from hides

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dak-‘take, hold’source
  2. Bretontann‘an oak’source
  3. Frenchtan‘bark for tanning’source
  4. Englishtan‘to turn hide into leather with bark’
  5. Englishformed in English from tantanner‘a person who makes leather from hides’ · 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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from tan + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), TAN, p.623 · scan

Source words

  • tann Breton · source word “an oak”

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