English

Newman

From new + man: a "newcomer".

A compound of new + man

Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’

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Proto-Germanic *niwjaz ‘new’

Proto-West Germanic *niwi ‘new’

Old English nēowe ‘new’

Middle English neowe

English new

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 transferred from the nickname.

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