English

landwaiter

From land + waiter.

A compound of land + waiter

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- ‘to be lively, awake’

Middle English waiter

Today it means

noun A customs officer who oversaw the landing of goods, etc., from vessels.

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Etymograph / landwaiter