Etymology

warehouseman

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Today it means: A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Germanic*warō
  2. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  3. Old Englishwaru
  4. Middle Englishware
  5. Englishware
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  9. Old Englishhūs
  10. Middle Englishhous
  11. Englishhouse
  12. Englishwarehouse
  13. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  14. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  15. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  16. Old Englishmann
  17. Middle Englishman
  18. English todaywarehouseman

From warehouse + -man.

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