[1955–60; prob. ‹ G Patzer bungler, equiv. to patz(en) to bungle (cf. Austrian dial. Patzen stain, blot, patzen to make a stain) + -er -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: geodesic dome, new wave, opioid, rollout, software-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)