† pygmann.

Forms: late Middle English pigman, late Middle English pigmen, late Middle English pygman.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pigmain.

Etymology: < Middle French pigmain, pigman (1246 in Old French) < classical Latin Pygmaeus pygmy n., with alteration of the ending by association with Old French nain dwarf (c1170; Middle French, French nain < classical Latin nānus : see nano- comb. form). Compare earlier pygmy n.

Obsolete.

= pygmy n. 1.

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?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 138 Þat ryuere goth þorgh the lond of Pigmans [?a1425 Egerton þe land of þe Pigmens; Fr. la terre de Pigmeinez].

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. v. 69 Peple that ben horned, and ar but ii cubits hye... This peple is callyd pygmans [Fr. Cele gent ont a non Pygmain et sont ausi petit comme nainz].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pygman
释义	† pygmann. Forms: late Middle English pigman, late Middle English pigmen, late Middle English pygman. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pigmain. Etymology: < Middle French pigmain, pigman (1246 in Old French) < classical Latin Pygmaeus pygmy n., with alteration of the ending by association with Old French nain dwarf (c1170; Middle French, French nain < classical Latin nānus : see nano- comb. form). Compare earlier pygmy n. Obsolete. = pygmy n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > person of mythical races > [noun] pygmya1387 pygman?a1425 pygmeana1540 Cimmerian1594 yahoo1726 the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > person of small-sized race > [noun] pygman?a1425 pygmeana1540 pygmy1841 pygmoid1922 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 138 Þat ryuere goth þorgh the lond of Pigmans [?a1425 Egerton þe land of þe Pigmens; Fr. la terre de Pigmeinez]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. v. 69 Peple that ben horned, and ar but ii cubits hye... This peple is callyd pygmans [Fr. Cele gent ont a non Pygmain et sont ausi petit comme nainz]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1425
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