Etymology

dutchman

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Today it means: A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands. Full definition →

Middle English Ducheman ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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dutchman · noun1

From Dutchman. Attested mainly in the US from the late 19th century.

Dutchman · noun, proper noun2

  1. Middle Dutchduutsch
  2. Old Saxonthiudisk
  3. Middle Low Germandütsch
  4. Middle EnglishDuch
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  6. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  8. Old Englishmann
  9. Middle Englishman
  10. Middle EnglishDucheman
  11. English todayDutchman

From Middle English Ducheman; equivalent to Dutch + -man.

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