English

housegirl

From house + girl.

A compound of house + girl

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Middle English gerle ‘young person’

English girl

Today it means

noun A girl or young woman employed in a private home to do housework.

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

Etymograph / housegirl