Etymology of the English word sawyer
the English word
sawyerderived from the English word
sawierusing the English suffix
-ierderived from the English word
sawderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*sagoderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*sagwoderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sek-Date
The earliest known usage of sawyer in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
