Etymology

chapman

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Today it means: A kind of foursomes; a combination of alternate shot and fourball. Full definition →

Middle English chapman ← Old English ċēapmann ← Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann
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chapman · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kaupamann
  2. Old English · inherited fromċēapmann“dealer, merchant”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromchapman
  4. English todaychapman

From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ċēapmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman.

Chapman · proper noun, noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromchapman
  2. English todayChapman

* From Middle English chapman, chepman, meaning merchant or trader; equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Doublet of Kaufman and Koopman. * (golf game): Named after American amateur golfer Dick Chapman, who collaborated with the USGA in devising the system.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*kaupamann all →

Koopmann

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