"etcher" meaning in English

See etcher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: etchers [plural]
Etymology: From etch + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|etch|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From etch + -er., {{ety|en|:af|etch|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti Proto-Germanic *etaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *atjaną Proto-West Germanic *attjan Old High German ezzen Middle High German etzen German ätzenbor. Dutch etsenbor. English etch 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 etcher From etch + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} etcher (plural etchers)
  1. A person who etches Translations (person): etsaaja (Finnish), निक्षारक (nikṣārak) (Hindi), acquafortista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), akwaforcista [masculine] (Polish), akwaforcistka [feminine] (Polish), etsare [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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