Where does “bakemonger” come from?

bakemonger (English) comes from English bake, from German backen, from Middle High German backen, from Old High German backan, from Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-Germanic bakan — back.

bakemonger (English): A seller of baked goods

Definitions

  1. A seller of baked goods

Ancestry of “bakemonger”, step by step

bakemonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbakeTo cook in an oven; To be cooked in an oven; To...
2Germanbackento bake; to roast; to fry; to fire
3Middle High Germanbacken—
4Old High Germanbackan—
5Middle High Germanbachen—
6Old High Germanbahhanto bake
7Proto-Germanicbakanback

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger
Every word from Proto-Germanic bakan →Every word from Old High German bahhan →Every word from Middle High German bachen →