Etymology

spinsterhood

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Today it means: The condition of being a spinster. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English spinster
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The story

  1. Englishspinster
  2. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  3. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  4. English todayspinsterhood

From spinster + -hood.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.