English

kept man

From kept + man.

A compound of kept + man

Old English cēpte

Middle English kept

English kept

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Today it means

noun A man who lives off his lover.

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

Etymograph / kept man