Etymograph

English

bauer

Bauer comes from German Bauer.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentBauer1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1820bauer1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English bauer
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1820, Thomas Hodgskin, Travels in the North of Germany: “The large farmers are gentlemen of education, but the…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentBauerWiktionary, English bauer
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1820bauerWiktionary, English bauer. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1820, Thomas Hodgskin, Travels in the North of Germany: “The large farmers are gentlemen of education, but the…”

Linked words

through German Bauer

bower

Today it means

noun A German farmer or peasant.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “bauer”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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