English
executress
Executress comes from Old French executeresse.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400executeresse
- Englishtodayexecutress
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400executeresse
- Englishtodayexecutress
Equivalent to executor + -ess
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
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Latin exsequor ‘to follow after thoroughly, steadfastly…’
Latin exsecūtor ‘accomplisher, performer’
Anglo-Norman executour
Middle English executour
English executor
Every English word from Old French executeresse
Today it means
noun A female executor; an executrix.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French executeresse / executress