English

ladykin

From lady + -kin.

Formed from lady + -kin

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

Today it means

noun A little, or young, lady.

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