Where does “timbermonger” come from?

timbermonger (English) comes from English timber, from Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

timbermonger (English): A person who sells timber

Definitions

  1. A person who sells timber

Ancestry of “timbermonger”, step by step

timbermonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English timber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtimberTrees in a forest regarded as a source of wood;...
2Middle Englishtymber—
3Old Englishtimbertimber; a building; the act of building
4Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
5Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →