Etymograph

English

embossman

From emboss + -man.

Formed from emboss + -man

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-

…

Proto-West Germanic *bautan ‘to beat’

Vulgar Latin *bottia ‘a bump’

Old French embocer

Middle English embossen

English emboss

Today it means

noun An embossograph operator.

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

Etymograph / embossman