Etymograph

English

engineman

From engine + -man.

Formed from engine + -man

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

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Latin ingenium ‘innate quality, nature; invention’

Old French engin ‘intelligence; ruse’

Anglo-Norman engine

Middle English engyn

English engine

Today it means

noun A man who operates, manages, and maintains an engine.

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

Etymograph / engineman