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yearsman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
years-man
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone employed for the period of one year.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥der. Proto-Germanic *jērą Proto-West Germanic *jār Old English ġēar Middle English yeer English year English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English yearsman From year + -s- + man.

Inflected Forms

yearsmen (plural)

Questions

What does yearsman mean?
Someone employed for the period of one year.
Where does yearsman come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥der. Proto-Germanic *jērą Proto-West Germanic *jār Old English ġēar Middle English yeer English year English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English yearsman From year + -s- + man.

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