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workman

/ˈwɝkmən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A man who labours for wages.
  2. An artisan or craftsman.
  3. A surname.
  4. A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann- (“workman”), equivalent to work + -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).

  1. verkamaður(is)→
  2. Werkmann(de)→
  3. werkman(Dutch)→
  4. *werkamann-(gem-pro)→
  5. *werkamann(gmw-pro)→
  6. weorcmann(Old English)→
  7. werkman(enm)→
  8. workman (English)
  9. Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog

Related words

werkman(enm)weorcmann(Old English)*werkamann(gmw-pro)*werkamann-(gem-pro)werkman(Dutch)Werkmann(de)verkamaður(is)wokman(Tok Pisin)

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