zephyrette

zephyrette · noun¹

From zephyr + -ette.

Zephyrette · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃yebʰ-“to enter, penetrate; to copulate”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΖέφῠρος“personification of the west wind”
3. Latin · derived fromzephyrus
4. English todayZephyrette

From zephyr (“light wind from the west”) + -ette (suffix forming nouns meaning the female equivalent of something). Zephyr is derived from Latin zephyrus, Zephyrus (“personification of the west wind”), from Ancient Greek Ζέφῠρος (Zéphŭros, “personification of the west wind”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yebʰ- (“to enter, penetrate; to copulate”). Sense 1 (“on-board hostess”) is derived from the California Zephyr train.

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