English

helmsperson

From helm + -s- + person.

Formed from helm + -s- + person

Proto-Germanic *helmô ‘handle’

Old English helma ‘helm, tiller’

Middle English helm ‘tiller of a ship’

English helm

Latin persōna ‘mask; character, role’

Anglo-Norman parsone

Middle English persoun

Today it means

noun A helmsman or helmswoman.

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

Etymograph / helmsperson