Etymology of the English word defenseman
the English word
defensemanderived from the English word
manderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*manwazderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*man-derived from the English word
defensederived from the Old French word
defensederived from the Latin word
defensusderived from the Late Latin word
defendere (defend, guard, protect; repel, fend, ward off)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhen-Usage
Word found in Modern English
