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

  1. A man who works in a dairy; A man who delivers...

Ancestry of “dairyman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-manSomeone who is an expert in an area or who takes...
2Middle English-man
Every word from Middle English -manEvery word from English -man