laundryman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *lowō

Latin lavo

Latin lavareder.

Latin lavandarium

Latin lavandaria

Old French lavanderiebor.

Middle English lavendrie

English laundry

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English laundryman

From laundry + -man.

Noun

laundryman (plural laundrymen)

1. A man who is in the business of laundering.

Translations

man in the business of laundering

• Hindi: धोबी (hi) m (dhobī)
• Latin: lotor m
• Malay: tukang dobi
• Quechua: t'aqsaq
• Russian: мо́йщик (ru) m (mójščik)
• Spanish: lavandero (es) m
• Tagalog: labandero
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: چاماشیرجی (çamaşırcı)