Lumberjack
/ˈlʌm.bərˌdʒæk/noun
A person who cuts down trees and prepares timber.
Did you know?The first part, lumber, originally meant bulky, useless odds and ends or discarded timber, so the word began with the idea of rough material before becoming the name of the worker who handles it.
Etymological Timeline
Old French
OF
lomber
“to heap up; to make heavy or clumsy”
Middle English
ME
lumber
“useless things, clutter, or rough timber”
17th Century
English
lumber
“timber sawn into boards; bulky wood”
19th Century
English
lumberjack
“a person who cuts and hauls timber in the forests of North America”
Modern English
English
lumberjack
“a person who fells trees and works with timber”