English

ferrywoman

From ferry + woman.

A compound of ferry + woman

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Germanic *farjaną ‘to take somewhere, to carry, to ferry’

Proto-West Germanic *farjan ‘to take somewhere, to carry, to ferry’

Old English ferian ‘to take, move, carry’

Middle English ferien ‘to carry, convey’

English ferry

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun A woman who operates a ferry.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ferrywoman