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Where does “engineman” come from?

engineman (English) comes from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

engineman (English): A man who operates or manages an engine

Definitions

  1. A man who operates or manages an engine

Ancestry of “engineman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishengineA large construction used in warfare, such as a...
2Middle Englishengynengine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,...
3Anglo-Normanengine—
4Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
5Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
6Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
8Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
9Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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