Etymology

shopman

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Today it means: The proprietor, manager, or operator of a small store. Full definition →

English shop ← Middle English schoppe ← Old English scoppa
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*skup-
  2. Old Englishscoppa
  3. Middle Englishschoppe
  4. Englishshop
  5. English todayshopman

From shop + -man.

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