English

hersband

Blend of her + husband.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱís ‘this’

Proto-Germanic *hiz ‘this’

Proto-Germanic *hezōi ‘dative singular feminine of *hiz’

Old English hire ‘her’

Middle English here

English her

Old English hūsbonda ‘master of the house’

Middle English husbonde ‘a husband’

Today it means

noun the female spouse of another woman

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

Etymograph / hersband