"sputterer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sputterers [plural]
Etymology: From sputter + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sputter|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From sputter + -er., {{ety|en|:af|sputter|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English sputter 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 sputterer From sputter + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} sputterer (plural sputterers)
  1. Agent noun of sputter; one who sputters. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: sputter (extra: one who sputters)

Inflected forms

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