Etymograph

English

timbermonger

From timber + monger.

A compound of timber + monger

Proto-Indo-European *dem- ‘to build’

Proto-Germanic *timrą ‘building’

Proto-West Germanic *timr ‘building’

Old English timber

Middle English tymber

English timber

Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’

Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’

Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

English monger

Today it means

noun A person who sells timber.

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

Etymograph / timbermonger