English
ringman
From ring + -man.
Formed from ring + -man
Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-
Proto-Germanic *hringaz
Proto-West Germanic *hring
Old English hring ‘ring’
Middle English ryng
English ring
Today it means
noun A male entertainer who works in the ring of a circus.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “ringman”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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