{"era":"current","word":"handler","meaning":"a person who handles, manages, controls, or trains something or someone","children":[{"era":"pre-1100 to 1100s","word":"handle","meaning":"to touch, grasp, manage, or deal with","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"handlian","meaning":"to handle or touch with the hand","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"hand","meaning":"the part of the body used for grasping","children":[],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English via Old English"},{"era":"pre-1100","word":"-er","meaning":"agent noun suffix","children":[],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Modern English"}