English
engineeress
From engineer + -ess.
Formed from engineer + -ess
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
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Old French engin ‘contraption, device; ingenuity’
Old French engigneor ‘engineer, designer’
Anglo-Norman enginour
Middle English enginour ‘military engineer; machine designer’
English engineer
Today it means
noun A female engineer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / engineeress