English

garlicmonger

From garlic + monger.

A compound of garlic + monger

Old English gārlēac

Middle English garlek

Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’

Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’

Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Today it means

noun A seller of garlic.

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

Etymograph / garlicmonger