Etymology

crewman

C3R1E1W4M3A1N1

Today it means: A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship. Full definition →

Middle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
  3. Latincrēscere
  4. Old Frenchcreistre
  5. Old Frenchcreue
  6. Middle Englishcrue
  7. Englishcrew
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  9. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  10. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  11. Old Englishmann
  12. Middle Englishman
  13. English todaycrewman

From crew + -man.

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