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Origin and history of Rototiller

Rototiller(n.)

machine with rotating blades to break up soil, 1923, from roto-, perhaps based on the mechanical use of rotor, + tiller

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1873, an irregular shortening of rotator, originally in mathematics. Mechanical sense of "rotating part of a motor" is attested by 1903; specifically of helicopters from 1930.

mid-14c., teler, "stock of a crossbow, handle of an implement," from Old French telier "stock of a crossbow" (c. 1200), originally "weaver's beam," from Medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tela "web; loom," a derivative of texere "to weave, construct" (see text (n.)). The meaning "bar or lever fitted to turn the rudder of a boat in steering" is recorded by 1620s.

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