English
mankiller
Mankiller comes from Middle English man-killer.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500man-killer
- Englishearliest quotation 1827mankiller
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500man-killer
- Englishearliest quotation 1827mankiller
Earliest quotation: 1827, Noah Worcester, The Friend of Peace: “Hence we may account not only for the grasshopper…”
Every English word from Middle English man-killer
Today it means
noun One who kills a human being.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English man-killer / mankiller