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Where does “landsman” come from?

Landsman is a Middle English compound from Old English land and man, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots including klān- (land), men- (man), and ḱóm (with/together).

landsman (English): The opposite of a seaman. A person who does not...

Definitions

  1. The opposite of a seaman. A person who does not...

Ancestry of “landsman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
2Middle EnglishmanTypically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;...
3Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
4Sanskritमहादेव—
5Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
6Sanskritमहायान—
7Sanskritयानcarriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
8Proto-Indo-AryanyáHnam—
9Proto-Indo-IranianyáHnam—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-nom—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
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