Etymology

weighman

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Today it means: A person whose occupation is weighing goods. Full definition →

English weigh ← Middle English weyen ← Old English wegan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*weganą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*wegan
  5. Old Englishwegan
  6. Middle Englishweyen
  7. Englishweigh
  8. English todayweighman

From weigh + -man.

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