Etymograph

English

fiendess

From fiend + -ess.

Formed from fiend + -ess

Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- ‘to hate’

Proto-Germanic *fijandz ‘enemy, fiend’

Proto-West Germanic *fijand

Old English fēond ‘enemy’

Middle English fend ‘enemy’

English fiend

Today it means

noun A female fiend.

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

Etymograph / fiendess