Etymology of the English word beaker
the English word
beakerderived from the Old Norse word
bikarrderived from the English word
bikederived from the English word
bicyclederived from the English word
bi-derived from the Latin word
bi-derived from the Latin word
bis (two)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dwo-derived from the Old Latin word
duisderived from the Latin word
susing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the Middle Dutch word
bekerDate
The earliest known usage of beaker in English dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
Dutch
beker, German
Becher, Icelandic
bikar, Swedish
bägareUsage
Word found in Modern English
