Etymograph

English

locoman

From loco (“locomotive”) + man.

A compound of loco ‘locomotive’ + man

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 Someone who works on a locomotive.

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

Etymograph / locoman