laundress
Meaninga washerwoman
Common meaning: a woman employed to wash clothes
- laundressa washerwomanSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 324 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√LU‘wash, cleanse, expiate’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 326, p. 741 · scan
- Late Latindauanderia‘a washerwoman’source
- Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa washerwoman → a launderesse or washing-womandavandiere‘a launderesse or washing-woman’source
- Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa launderesse or washing-woman → person who washes clotheslavender‘person who washes clothes’source
- Englishlaundress‘a woman employed to wash clothes’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Late Latin dauanderia ‘a washerwoman’.
Roots
- dauanderia Late Latin “a washerwoman”
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