English
laundrywoman
From laundry + -woman.
A compound of laundry + -woman
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
Today it means
noun A woman employed to wash clothes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / laundrywoman