Where does “Seaman” come from?

Seaman comes from Middle English seman, from Old English sǣmann, a compound of sǣ (sea) and mann (man).

Seaman (English): named after the Seaman family

Definitions

  1. named after the Seaman family

Ancestry of “Seaman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchseeman—
2Old Englishsǣmannseaman

Words derived from “Seaman”

Every word from Old English sǣmann →Every word from Middle Dutch seeman →