Where does “yeoman” come from?
yeoman (French) comes from English yeoman, from Middle English yeman, from Old English ġēamann, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
yeoman (French): yeoman
Ancestry of “yeoman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | yeoman | An official providing honorable service in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | yeman | — |
| 3 | Old English | ġēamann | — |
| 4 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
Words derived from “yeoman”