English
frameman
From frame + -man.
Formed from frame + -man
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward, leading to’
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Proto-Germanic *framjaną ‘to further, promote’
Proto-West Germanic *frammjan ‘to promote’
Old English fremman ‘to profit, avail, advance’
Middle English framen ‘to construct’
English frame
Today it means
noun An engineer who changes the connections as required between subscribers' telephones and the central routing equipment.
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Etymograph / frameman