Etymology

letterman

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Today it means: A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing. Full definition →

Middle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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letterman · noun1

  1. Englishletter
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  3. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  5. Old Englishmann
  6. Middle Englishman
  7. English todayletterman

From letter + -man.

Letterman · proper noun2

  1. German · derived fromLettermann
  2. English todayLetterman

Variant of German Lettermann.

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