English

guildswoman

From guild + -s- + woman.

A compound of guild + -s- + woman

Old Norse gildi ‘payment, guild’

Middle English gilde

English guild

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun A female member of a guild.

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

Etymograph / guildswoman