Where does “dairyman” come from?
Dairyman comes from English dairy and English man, where dairy derives from French dey, Turkish dayı, and Latin -arius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- meaning to form or knead.
dairyman (English): A man who works in a dairy; A man who delivers...
Definitions
- A man who works in a dairy; A man who delivers...
Ancestry of “dairyman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -man | Someone who is an expert in an area or who takes... |
| 2 | Middle English | -man | — |