Etymology

craftswoman

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Today it means: A female artisan. Full definition →

Middle English woman ← Old English wīfmann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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  1. Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
  2. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  4. Old Englishcræft
  5. Middle Englishcraft
  6. Englishcraft
  7. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  9. Old Englishwīf
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  11. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  12. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  13. Old Englishmann
  14. Old Englishwīfmann
  15. Middle Englishwoman
  16. English todaycraftswoman

From craft + -s- + -woman.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.