English

Rastaman

Blend of Rastafari + man.

Proto-Semitic *raʔš- ‘head’

Amharic ራስ ‘Duke’

Amharic ተፈሪ

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 male Rastafarian.

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

Etymograph / Rastaman