Old English · noun
plegere
Normalised pleġere
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈple.je.re/
- Syllables
- ˈple · je · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- playerathletewrestler
Meaning
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player
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athlete
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wrestler
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old English plegian Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Old English plegere By surface analysis, plegian (“to play”) + -ere.
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