frother

Meanings

Verb

• To comfort.
• To feed.

Noun

• A machine that generates froth

Origin

• From Middle English, alteration of Middle English frovre, frofre, from Old English frōfor ("consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit"), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbru ("solace"), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp-. Cognate with Old Saxon frōvra, frōfra, Old High German fluobara ("consolation, comfort, help, assistance").
• froth + -er