Where does “showman” come from?

Showman derives from English show and English man, which comes from Middle English man and mon, ultimately from Proto-Germanic mann- meaning "human being" and Proto-Indo-European men- and ḱóm.

showman (English): A person who produces or presents shows as a...

Definitions

  1. A person who produces or presents shows as a...

Ancestry of “showman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshowTo display, to have somebody see; To bestow; to...
2Middle Englishschewento show
3Old Englishscēawianto look, look at, exhibit, display; to look at,...
4Proto-Germanicskawwōnąto look, see, watch
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe

Words derived from “showman”

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