English
harbormistress
From harbor + mistress.
A compound of harbor + mistress
Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu ‘army shelter, refuge’
Old English herebeorg ‘shelter, lodgings, quarters’
Middle English herberwe ‘a place of residence’
English harbor
Proto-Italic *magisteros ‘bigger, greater’
Latin magister
Old French maistre ‘master’
Old French maistresse
Middle English maistresse
English mistress
Today it means
noun A female harbormaster.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / harbormistress