sportswoman

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
4. Proto-Italic*dis-
5. Latindis-
6. Old Frenchdes-
7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
8. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
9. Proto-Italic*portā
10. Proto-Italic*portāō
11. Latinportāre
12. Old Frenchporter
13. Anglo-Normandesporter
14. Middle Englishdisporten
15. Middle Englishsporten
16. Englishsport
17. Englishsports
18. Proto-Germanic*wībą
19. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
20. Old Englishwīf
21. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
22. Proto-Germanic*mann-
23. Proto-West Germanic*mann
24. Old Englishmann
25. Old Englishwīfmann
26. Middle Englishwoman
27. English todaysportswoman

From sports + -woman.