English

kennelmaid

From kennel + maid.

A compound of kennel + maid

Latin canis

Vulgar Latin *canīle

Old French chenil

Anglo-Norman *kenil

Middle English kenel

Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus ‘boy’

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Proto-West Germanic *magaþ ‘girl’

Old English mæġden ‘girl’

Middle English maiden

Middle English mayde ‘a maid’

English maid

Today it means

noun A woman in charge of a kennel.

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

Etymograph / kennelmaid