Where does “dockyardman” come from?
dockyardman (English) comes from English dockyard, from English dock, from Dutch dok, from Middle Dutch docke, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
dockyardman (English): A laborer employed in a dockyard
Definitions
- A laborer employed in a dockyard
Ancestry of “dockyardman”, step by step
dockyardman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dockyard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dockyard | A place where ships are repaired or outfitted |
| 2 | English | dock | Any of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants... |
| 3 | Dutch | dok | dock |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | docke | a doll; channel |
| 5 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 6 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 7 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English MAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 2 | English | manual | A handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage... |
| 3 | Middle English | manuel | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | manuel | manual; done with the hands; handle; manual;... |
| 5 | Old French | manual | — |
| 6 | Latin | manuālis | hand |
| 7 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |