English
tidesman
From tide + -s- + -man.
Formed from tide + -s- + -man
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, divide’
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Proto-Germanic *tīdiz ‘time’
Proto-West Germanic *tīdi ‘time’
Old English tīd ‘time in general’
Middle English tyde ‘a time (period), season’
English tide
Today it means
noun A tide waiter
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tidesman