"steriliser" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sterilisers [plural]
Etymology: From sterilise + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sterilise|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From sterilise + -er., {{ety|en|:af|sterilise|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English sterile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ise English sterilise 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 steriliser From sterilise + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} steriliser (plural sterilisers)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of sterilizer. Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sterilizer

Inflected forms

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