myEtymology.com: English etymology of oilman

Etymology of the English word oilman

the English word oilman

derived from the English word man

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *manwaz

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *man-

derived from the English word oil

derived from the Old French word oile

derived from the Latin word oleum (oil)

derived from the Greek word elaion, ἔλαιον, ἐλαιών (an olive-orchard; the Mount of Olives)

derived from the Greek word elaia, ἐλαία (an olive (the tree or the fruit))

derived from the Greek root *elaiwon

derived from the Greek root *elaiwa