English

liegewoman

From liege + woman.

A compound of liege + woman

Middle High German ledic

Old French liege ‘liege, free’

Anglo-Norman lige

Middle English liege

English liege

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord).

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

Etymograph / liegewoman