Harvester
/ˈhɑːr.vɪs.tər/noun
A person or machine that gathers a crop, especially at harvest time.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Proto-Germanic roots tied to autumn gathering, not magic, but its deeper ancestor is the same seasonal vocabulary that shaped words for reaping, storing, and the turning of the year.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵer-
“to gather, collect”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*harbistaz
“autumn, harvest time”
Old English
OE
hærfest
“autumn; the season of gathering crops”
Middle English
ME
harvest
“the gathering of ripe crops; the season when crops are gathered”
14th Century
English
harvester
“one who gathers a harvest”
Modern English
English
harvester
“a person or machine that gathers crops”