The story
- Old French · derived fromgoverneresse
- Middle English · inherited fromgoverneresse
- English todaygoverneress
From Middle English governeresse, from Old French governeresse; equivalent to governer + -ess.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishgoverneresse all →
governoress
Old Frenchgoverneresse all →
governessgovernoress
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.