backer

See also: Backer and Bäcker

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ækɚ

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English back

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English backer

From back + -er.

Noun

backer (plural backers)

1. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.

Derived terms

• backerboard
• backer-up

Translations

one who backs

• Afrikaans: borg
• Bulgarian: поддръжник (bg) (poddrǎžnik)
• Icelandic: stuðningsmaður m
• Latin: assensor m
• Māori: kaitautoko
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: آرقه (arka), دستك (destek)

Etymology 2

Adjective

backer

1. (phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
   • 2005, Martin J. Ball, Nicole Müller, Phonetics for Communication Disorders, page 174:

     /eɪ/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /ɪ/.

Anagrams

• reback