English
ladily
Ladily comes from Middle English ladily.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ladily
- Englishearliest quotation 1830same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ladily
- Englishearliest quotation 1830same form
Earliest quotation: 1830, Robert Dale Owen Unmasked by His Own Pen, What Is Love, or, Every Woman’s Book.: “But will the suppression of the population of the…”
Formed from lady + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ ‘kneader’
Old English dǣġe ‘female servant; kneader’
Old English hlǣfdīġe ‘mistress of a household’
Middle English lady ‘a lady’
English lady
Every English word from Middle English ladily
Another origin of ladily
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ladily
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
adj Of or having the qualities of a lady.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English ladily / ladily