English
Dutchman
Dutchman comes from Middle English Ducheman ‘a Dutchman, a German’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Ducheman‘a Dutchman, a German’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880Dutchman
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Ducheman‘a Dutchman, a German’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880Dutchman
Earliest quotation: 1880, 1610 March 13, The Astronomical Messenger: “About ten months ago a report reached my ears…”
A compound of Duch ‘German, Dutch’ + man
Middle Dutch duutsch
Old Saxon thiudisk ‘of the people’
Middle Low German dütsch
Middle English Duch ‘German, Dutch’
Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‘man, human being’
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human, human being, person, individual’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person, human, individual’
Old English mann ‘person’
Middle English man
Every English word from Middle English Ducheman
Today it means
noun A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Ducheman / Dutchman