Etymology

signalwoman

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Today it means: A woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishsignal
  2. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  4. Old Englishwīf
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  6. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  8. Old Englishmann
  9. Old Englishwīfmann
  10. Middle Englishwoman
  11. English todaysignalwoman

From signal + -woman.

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