English
gangsman
From gang + -s- + -man.
Formed from gang + -s- + -man
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- ‘to step, walk’
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Proto-Germanic *gangaz ‘going, way’
Proto-West Germanic *gang ‘way, going’
Old English gang ‘journey; way, passage’
Middle English gang ‘journey; company’
English gang
Today it means
noun A member of a gang of workers, especially at a dock; a dock porter.
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Etymograph / gangsman