Etymology

stockman

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Today it means: A man who raises or looks after livestock. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*stikaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  5. Old Englishstocc
  6. Middle Englishstok
  7. Englishstock
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  9. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  10. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  11. Old Englishmann
  12. Middle Englishman
  13. English todaystockman

From stock + -man.

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