Etymograph

English

sandboy

From sand + boy.

A compound of sand + boy

Proto-Germanic *samdaz ‘sand’

Proto-West Germanic *samd

Old English sand

Middle English sand

English sand

Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-

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Proto-Germanic *bōjô ‘younger brother’

Proto-West Germanic *bōjō

Old English *bōia ‘boy’

Middle English boye ‘servant, commoner, knave, boy’

English boy

Today it means

noun A boy who sells sand.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sandboy”. 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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