Etymology

bondswoman

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Today it means: A female slave. Full definition →

English woman ← Middle English womman ← Old English wīfmann
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The story

  1. Middle Englishbonden
  2. Englishbond
  3. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  5. Old Englishwīf
  6. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  7. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  8. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  9. Old Englishmann
  10. Old Englishwīfmann
  11. Middle Englishwomman
  12. Englishwoman
  13. English todaybondswoman

From bond + -s- + woman.

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