Baker
/ˈbeɪ.kər/noun
A person who bakes bread, cakes, and other baked goods.
Did you know?Baker comes from the same deep root as words for baking, heating, and even the idea of a furnace-like hot place, because the word originally centered on the act of making something by fire.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰegʷ-
“to warm, bake, or roast”
Old English
OE
bæcere
“one who bakes”
Middle English
ME
bakere
“a baker; a person who bakes bread”
Modern English
English
baker
“a person whose occupation is baking”