English
Halseman
From halse + man.
Proto-Indo-European *kólsos ‘neck’
Proto-Germanic *halsaz ‘neck, throat’
Old English heals ‘neck’
Old English *halsian ‘to embrace’
Middle English halsen
English halse
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
Today it means
name A surname
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Halseman