English
liftboy
From lift + boy.
Proto-Germanic *luftuz ‘roof, sky, air’
Proto-Germanic *luftijaną ‘to raise in the air’
Old Norse lypta ‘to lift’
Middle English liften
English lift
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
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Proto-Germanic *bōjô ‘younger brother’
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia ‘boy’
Middle English boye ‘servant, commoner, knave, boy’
English boy
Today it means
noun A male elevator attendant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / liftboy