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Where does “woodsman” come from?

Woodsman comes from English wood and man, from Middle English wood and man, from Old English wudu and man, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weh₂t- and men-.

woodsman (English): A man who lives and works in woodland; a forester...

Definitions

  1. A man who lives and works in woodland; a forester...

Ancestry of “woodsman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwoodsplural of wood; A dense collection of trees...
2EnglishwoodThe substance making up the central part of the...
3Middle Englishwodemadness, insanity, an overmastering emotion,...
4Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
5Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
6Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

Words derived from “woodsman”

  • woodsmanship
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