Etymology

barlady

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Today it means: The woman who serves at a bar; a barmaid or landlady. Full definition →

English lady ← Middle English lady ← Old English hlǣfdīġe
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The story

  1. Englishbar
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*hlaibaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hlaib
  5. Old Englishhlāf
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*daigijǭ
  8. Old Englishdǣġe
  9. Old Englishhlǣfdīġe
  10. Middle Englishlady
  11. Englishlady
  12. English todaybarlady

From bar + lady.

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