backrower in English

Audio: en-au-backrower.ogg

[Australia] Forms: backrowers [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From backrow + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|back row<alt:backrow>|-er<id:occupation>|text=+|tree=1}} From backrow + -er., {{ety|en|:af|back row<alt:backrow>|-er<id:occupation>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English backrow Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English backrower From backrow + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} backrower (plural backrowers)

Inflected forms

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"backrower" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms