English

Kerrywoman

From Kerry + woman.

A compound of Kerry + woman

Proto-Germanic *kawara-

Old Norse Kári

English Kerry

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun A woman from Kerry in Ireland.

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