English

everyboy

From every + boy, modelled on earlier everyman.

A compound of every + boy

Old English ǣfre ǣlċ ‘each and every’

Middle English every ‘every, each’

English every

Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-

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Proto-Germanic *bōjô ‘younger brother’

Proto-West Germanic *bōjō

Old English *bōia ‘boy’

Middle English boye ‘servant, commoner, knave, boy’

English boy

Today it means

noun An archetypical ordinary boy.

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

Etymograph / everyboy