English

groundworker

From ground + worker.

A compound of ground + worker

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’

Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’

Proto-West Germanic *grundu

Old English grund

Middle English ground

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

Today it means

noun A person who works on the ground, as opposed to an aviator, etc.

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

Etymograph / groundworker