Etymology

tradesperson

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Today it means: A skilled manual worker. Full definition →

English person ← Middle English persoun ← Anglo-Norman persoune
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dreh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*tradō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*trudo
  4. Old Saxontrada
  5. Middle Low Germantrade
  6. Middle Englishtrade
  7. Englishtrade
  8. Latinpersōna
  9. Anglo-Normanpersoune
  10. Middle Englishpersoun
  11. Englishperson
  12. English todaytradesperson

From trade + -s- + person.

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