Etymology

spicemonger

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Today it means: One who trades or deals in spice. Full definition →

English monger ← Middle English spice ← Anglo-Norman spece
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The story

  1. Latinspeciō
  2. Late Latinspeciēs
  3. Old Frenchespice
  4. Anglo-Normanspece
  5. Middle Englishspice
  6. Englishspice
  7. Englishmonger
  8. English todayspicemonger

From spice + monger.

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