Etymology

peeress

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Today it means: A noblewoman married to a peer. Full definition →

English peer ← Middle English peren ← Old English *pȳran
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*pūrijan
  2. Old English*pȳran
  3. Middle Englishperen
  4. Englishpeer
  5. English todaypeeress

From peer + -ess.

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