Stevedore
The word stevedore comes from Spanish estibador (one who loads cargo, wool-packer) and Spanish estibar (to stow cargo). Both words come from Latin stipare (to pack down, to press).
Stevedore, from 1828, was first seen in English in 1788 as stowadore.
My paternal grandfather, Frank Tickner, was a stevedore who worked at the Teddington Locks on the River Thames. Teddington is a suburb west of London where cargo from deep draft vessels is transferred to smaller vessels heading farther up the Thames. Frank married my grandmother, Edith, a ‘downstairs maid’ who worked at a ‘big house’. They emigrated to Canada in 1906.
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
Stevedore, from 1828, was first seen in English in 1788 as stowadore.
My paternal grandfather, Frank Tickner, was a stevedore who worked at the Teddington Locks on the River Thames. Teddington is a suburb west of London where cargo from deep draft vessels is transferred to smaller vessels heading farther up the Thames. Frank married my grandmother, Edith, a ‘downstairs maid’ who worked at a ‘big house’. They emigrated to Canada in 1906.
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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