Etymology

lighterman

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Today it means: One employed on, owning, or managing a lighter. Full definition →

English lighter ← Middle English lightere ← Old English līehtan
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*linhtaz
  2. Proto-Germanic*linhtijaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*lį̄htijan
  4. Old Englishlīehtan
  5. Middle Englishlighten
  6. Middle Englishlightere
  7. Englishlighter
  8. English todaylighterman

From lighter + -man.

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