Etymology

deman

D2E1M3A1N1

Today it means: To sack employees from. Full definition →

English man ← Middle English man ← Old English mann
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  8. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  9. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  10. Old Englishmann
  11. Middle Englishman
  12. Englishman
  13. English todaydeman

From de- + man.

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