English

lineworker

From line + worker.

A compound of line + worker

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

Today it means

noun A lineman; one who works on overhead cables.

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

Etymograph / lineworker