Etymograph

English

Klansman

From Klan + -s- + man.

Formed from Klan + -s- + man

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

noun A man who is a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Klansman