English

gatewoman

From gate + woman.

A compound of gate + woman

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun The female equivalent of a gateman.

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

Etymograph / gatewoman