English
Walkman
A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.
Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll’
Proto-Germanic *walkaną ‘to roll, toss, turn; to walk’
Proto-West Germanic *walkan
Old English wealcan ‘to move around, roll’
Middle English walken ‘to roll, toss; to walk’
English walk
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
The story
A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists.
Today it means
name A Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Walkman