Etymology

craftsperson

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Today it means: Someone who is highly skilled at their trade; an artificer. Full definition →

English person ← Middle English persoun ← Anglo-Norman persoune
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  1. Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
  2. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  4. Old Englishcræft
  5. Middle Englishcraft
  6. Englishcraft
  7. Latinpersōna
  8. Anglo-Normanpersoune
  9. Middle Englishpersoun
  10. Englishperson
  11. English todaycraftsperson

From craft + -s- + person.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.