The story
- Middle English · inherited frommayde child
- English todaymaid child
From Middle English mayde child, maide child, maide-child, maide childe, maidechilde, mayde childe, mayde-chyld, maydechylde. Compare Middle English maidenchild, from Old English mæġdenċild.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.