English
VATman
From VAT + man.
Proto-Indo-European *pod- ‘vessel’
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Proto-West Germanic *fat ‘vessel, container’
Old English fæt ‘vat, vessel’
Middle English fat ‘vat, vessel, cask’
Middle English vat
English VAT
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 The embodiment of the VAT taxation department
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / VATman