English
junkdealer
From junk + dealer.
Proto-Italic *joinikos
Latin iuncus ‘rush, reed’
Old French jonc
Middle French jonc ‘rush’
Middle English jonk ‘a rush’
English junk
Proto-Germanic *dailiz ‘part, portion, deal’
Proto-Germanic *dailijaną ‘to divide, to share, to deal’
Old English dǣlan ‘to share’
Old English dǣlere ‘dealer, divider, distributor, agent’
Middle English delare ‘a distributor or splitter’
English dealer
Today it means
noun Synonym of junkman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / junkdealer