Where does “bargewoman” come from?
bargewoman (English) comes from English barge, from Middle English barge, from Old French barge, from Vulgar Latin barga, from Latin Barca, from Latin bārica, from Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις — a type of ship used for traveling or transporting...
bargewoman (English): The female equivalent of a bargeman
Definitions
- The female equivalent of a bargeman
Ancestry of “bargewoman”, step by step
bargewoman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English barge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | barge | A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled... |
| 2 | Middle English | barge | A medium ship or boat, especially one protecting... |
| 3 | Old French | barge | boat |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | barga | — |
| 5 | Latin | Barca | particularly a dynasty of Carthaginian leaders |
| 6 | Latin | bārica | — |
| 7 | Latin | bāris | baris |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βᾶρις | flat-bottomed boat, used in Egypt; farmhouse,... |
| 9 | Coptic | ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ | boat, barge |
| 10 | Demotic | br | — |
| 11 | Egyptian | bꜣjr | a type of ship used for traveling or transporting... |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |