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class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1833">1833</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to brakeman">Entries linking to <i>brakeman</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of brake" href="/word/brake#etymonline_v_15717">brake<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.1)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>mid-15c., "instrument for crushing or pounding," from Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">braeke</span> "flax brake," from <span class="foreign notranslate">breken</span> "to break" (see <a href="/word/break#etymonline_v_17079" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of break " class="crossreference notranslate">break</a> (v.)). The word was applied to many crushing implements, especially the tool for breaking up the woody part of flax to loosen the fibers. It also was applied to the ring through the nose of a draught ox. It was influenced in sense by Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">brac</span>, a form of <span class="foreign notranslate">bras</span> "an arm," thus the sense "a lever or handle," which was being used in English from late 14c., and "a bridle or curb" (early 15c.).</p> <p>One or the other sense or a convergence of all of them yielded the main modern meaning "mechanical device for arresting the motion of a wheel," which is attested by 1772.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of man" href="/word/man#etymonline_v_6766">man<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<i class="fa fa-image" style="margin-left:5px;color:#888"></i><span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div style="float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;height:85px;width:90px;overflow:hidden"><a title="Origin and meaning of man" href="/word/man?utm_source=related_entries#etymonline_v_6766"><img style="max-width:80px" src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/crop/etymology-man-6766p_l.jpg" alt="Origin and meaning of man"/></a></div><p>"a featherless plantigrade biped mammal of the genus <span class="foreign notranslate">Homo</span>" [Century Dictionary], Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">man</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">mann</span> "human being, person (male or female); brave man, hero;" also "servant, vassal, adult male considered as under the control of another person," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*mann-</span> (source also of Old Saxon, Swedish, Dutch, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">man</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">mon</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Mann</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">maðr</span>, Danish <span class="foreign notranslate">mand</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">manna</span> "man"), from PIE root <a href="/word/*man-#etymonline_v_52791" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *man- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*man-</a> (1) "man." For the plural, see <a href="/word/men" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of men " class="crossreference notranslate">men</a>.</p> <p>Sometimes connected to root <a href="/word/*men-#etymonline_v_52585" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *men- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*men-</a> (1) "to think," which would make the ground sense of <span class="foreign notranslate">man</span> "one who has intelligence," but not all linguists accept this. Liberman, for instance, writes, "Most probably <span class="foreign notranslate">man</span> 'human being' is a secularized divine name" from <span class="foreign notranslate">Mannus</span> [Tacitus, <span class="foreign notranslate">"Germania,"</span> chap. 2], "believed to be the progenitor of the human race."</p> <p>Specific sense of "adult male of the human race" (distinguished from a woman or boy) is by late Old English (c. 1000); Old English used <span class="foreign notranslate">wer</span> and <span class="foreign notranslate">wif</span> to distinguish the sexes, but <span class="foreign notranslate">wer</span> began to disappear late 13c. and was replaced by <span class="foreign notranslate">man</span>. Universal sense of the word remains in <a href="/word/mankind" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of mankind " class="crossreference notranslate">mankind</a> and <a href="/word/manslaughter" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of manslaughter " class="crossreference notranslate">manslaughter</a>. Similarly, Latin had <span class="foreign notranslate">homo</span> "human being" and <span class="foreign notranslate">vir</span> "adult male human being," but they merged in Vulgar Latin, with <span class="foreign notranslate">homo</span> extended to both senses. A like evolution took place in Slavic languages, and in some of them the word has narrowed to mean "husband." PIE had two other "man" roots: <span class="foreign notranslate">*uiHro</span> "freeman" (source of Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">vira-</span>, Lithuanian <span class="foreign notranslate">vyras</span>, Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">vir</span>, Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">fer</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">wair</span>; see <a href="/word/*wi-ro-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *wi-ro- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*wi-ro-</a>) and <span class="foreign notranslate">*hner</span> "man," a title more of honor than <span class="foreign notranslate">*uiHro</span> (source of Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">nar-</span>, Armenian <span class="foreign notranslate">ayr</span>, Welsh <span class="foreign notranslate">ner</span>, Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">anēr</span>; see <a href="/word/*ner-#etymonline_v_52792" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ner- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ner-</a> (2)).</p> <p><span class="foreign notranslate">Man</span> also was in Old English as an indefinite pronoun, "one, people, they." It was used generically for "the human race, mankind" by c. 1200. As a word of familiar address, originally often implying impatience, c.1400; hence probably its use as an interjection of surprise or emphasis, since Middle English but especially popular from early 20c.</p> <p>As "a woman's lover," by mid-14c. As "adult male possessing manly qualities in an eminent degree," from 14c. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Man's man</strong></span><span class="foreign notranslate">,</span> one whose qualities are appreciated by other men, is by 1873. Colloquial use of <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>the Man</strong></span> for "the boss" is by 1918. To be <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>man or mouse</strong></span> "be brave or be timid" is from 1540s. Meaning "piece with which a game (especially chess) is played" is from c. 1400.</p> <p><span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Man-about-town</strong></span> "man of the leisure class who frequents clubs, theaters, and other social resorts" is from 1734. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Man of the world</strong></span> is from mid-14c. as "secular man, layman;" by early 15c. as "man experienced in the ways of the world, one able to take things in stride." To do something <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>as one man</strong></span> "unanimously" is from late 14c.</p> <blockquote> So I am as he that seythe, 'Come hyddr John, my man.' [1473] </blockquote> <blockquote> MANTRAP, a woman's commodity. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," London, 1785] </blockquote> <blockquote> At the kinges court, my brother, Ech man for himself. [Chaucer, "Knight's Tale," c. 1386] </blockquote></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of brakeman">Trends of <i>brakeman</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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