Etymograph

English

laundryowner

From laundry + owner.

A compound of laundry + owner

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- ‘to wash’

Latin lavandaria

Old French lavanderie

Middle English lavendrie ‘a part of a manor or a facility for washing…’

English laundry

Proto-Germanic *aiginōną ‘to take possession of, own’

Proto-West Germanic *aiganōn

Old English āgnian ‘to own, take possession’

Old English āgnere ‘owner’

Middle English ouner

English owner

Today it means

noun The owner of a laundry.

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

Etymograph / laundryowner