English
floorlady
From floor + lady.
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
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Proto-Germanic *flōraz ‘ground’
Proto-West Germanic *flōr
Old English flōr ‘floor’
Middle English floor
English floor
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ ‘kneader’
Old English dǣġe ‘female servant; kneader’
Old English hlǣfdīġe ‘mistress of a household’
Middle English lady ‘a lady’
English lady
Today it means
noun Synonym of floorwoman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / floorlady