Where does “pitman” come from?

pitman (English) comes from English pit, from Middle English pit, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

pitman (English): One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing...

Definitions

  1. One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing...

Ancestry of “pitman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpitA hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...
2Middle Englishpit
3Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
4Proto-West Germanicputiwell
5Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
6Latin-alnoun-forming suffix
Every word from Latin -al
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