English

floorwoman

From floor + woman.

A compound of floor + woman

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

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun A female floorman.

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

Etymograph / floorwoman