Etymology

milkman

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Today it means: A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂melǵ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*meluks
  3. Proto-West Germanic*meluk
  4. Anglian Old Englishmilc
  5. Middle Englishmylk
  6. Englishmilk
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  8. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  9. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  10. Old Englishmann
  11. Middle Englishman
  12. English todaymilkman

From milk + -man.

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