Where does “Huntsman” come from?

Huntsman is a compound of English hunt and English man, where hunt derives from Old English huntian, man from Middle English mon ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men- meaning to think or intend.

Huntsman (English): A hunter

Definitions

  1. A hunter

Ancestry of “Huntsman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHuntfor a hunter (for game, birds etc)
2Middle Englishhuntento hunt
3Cimbrianhuntdog
4Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
5Old High Germanhuntdog
6Proto-West Germanichunddog
7Proto-Germanichundazdog
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “Huntsman”

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