Etymograph

English

leatherwoman

From leather + -woman.

Formed from leather + -woman

Proto-Germanic *leþrą ‘leather’

Proto-West Germanic *leþr

Old English leþer ‘leather’

Middle English lether

English leather

Today it means

noun A member of a female sexual subculture characterized by a fetish for leather clothing.

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

Etymograph / leatherwoman