Where does “arrimeur” come from?
arrimeur (French) comes from French arrimer, from Old French arimer, from Middle English rimen, from Old English rīman, from Proto-West Germanic rūmijan, from Proto-Germanic rūmijaną, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.
arrimeur (French): stevedore, docker
Ancestry of “arrimeur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | arrimer | to stow |
| 2 | Old French | arimer | to arrange; to put in order |
| 3 | Middle English | rimen | to count, enumerate |
| 4 | Old English | rīman | to count, enumerate, number; to count, number,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rūmijan | to make room, to clear out |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rūmijaną | to make room, to clear |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |