English
runman
From run + -man.
Formed from run + -man
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- ‘to boil, churn’
Proto-Germanic *rinnaną ‘to run’
Old English rinnan ‘to run’
Middle English rinnen ‘to run’
Middle English runnen ‘to run’
English run
Today it means
noun A deserter from a ship of war.
Sources
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