English
instructress
From instructor + -ess.
A compound of instructor + -ess
Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to spread, strew’
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Proto-Italic *strowō ‘to pile up’
Latin struō ‘to place one thing on top of another, to pile…’
Latin īnstruō ‘build, construct’
Latin instructor ‘someone who arranges something’
English instructor
Today it means
noun A female instructor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / instructress