Etymology

laundrywoman

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Today it means: A woman employed to wash clothes. Full definition →

Middle English woman ← Old English wīfmann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₃-
  2. Proto-Italic*lowō
  3. Latinlavo
  4. Latinlavare
  5. Latinlavandarium
  6. Latinlavandaria
  7. Old Frenchlavanderie
  8. Middle Englishlavendrie
  9. Englishlaundry
  10. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  11. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  12. Old Englishwīf
  13. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  14. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  15. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  16. Old Englishmann
  17. Old Englishwīfmann
  18. Middle Englishwoman
  19. English todaylaundrywoman

From laundry + -woman.

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